Believe it or not in 30 odd years of fly fishing i have never put a new fly line on my reel myself,{lazy bu**er} always had it done by some one in the shop.Now ,i have a couple of question,first one would you replace the backing,second one which knot do you use to connect fly line to backing an "albright knot" or a "nail knot".Thank You

I just use a nail knot.

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I use a braided loop.

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Depends on the line, if it's a normal line line again I'd use a nail knot, but, if it's a glass/slime line then I'd use an albright knot as the nail knot can slide off the mono core taking the coating with it.

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Nail knot or braided loop.

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I've just done this for the very first time myself and found myself using the nail less nail knot. It seemed to go ok, I suspect that time will tell. Also I found a very useful video on attaching braided loops to the fly line. All I need now is to find out how to whip the loop onto the fly line.

Pete

I always use an albright knot as it is a waste of a braided loop.

Dave

braded backing you can get!
and just attatch it like a loop the a little super glue!

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I can't really be bothered with knots, so I use trimmed back braided loop and fasten the sleeve with epoxy.