10-27-2008, 05:09 AM
I know squat about boo rods and old reels.. but there are those here that can help you out with that..
in answer to your one question.. no.. you do not attach the fly directly to the line.. that is what the leader and tippet are for..
the leader is attached to the fly line.. and the tippet is attached to the leader.. the tippet is what is attached to the fly..
as for knots to do all of this tying.. you use a a nail knot to attache the backing to the fly line...and then the fly line to the leader (most new fly lines come with a welded loop and that means you dont have to use the nail knot for this connection)....
for the newer fly lines with welded loop you can use a perfection loop to connect the fly line and the leader in a loop to loop fashion..
to connec the tippet to the leader you can use the perfection loop..
to tie the fly to the tippet you can use aclinch knot.. and improved clinch knot.. or a surgeons loop..
here is a site that shows you how to tie the knots you dont already know..
[url "http://www.killroys.com/knots/knots.htm"]how to tie knots..[/url]
there are lots of knot tying tools out there if you want to get em... I have two different ones..
one is the [url "http://www.yagersflies.com/tiefknottyer.html"]tie-fast knot tool[/url] and use this for the backing to fly line knot.. and the fly line to leader if needed..
I also use the [url "http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_22913____SearchResults"]clinch knot tool[/url] for the tippet to fly knot..
MacFly
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in answer to your one question.. no.. you do not attach the fly directly to the line.. that is what the leader and tippet are for..
the leader is attached to the fly line.. and the tippet is attached to the leader.. the tippet is what is attached to the fly..
as for knots to do all of this tying.. you use a a nail knot to attache the backing to the fly line...and then the fly line to the leader (most new fly lines come with a welded loop and that means you dont have to use the nail knot for this connection)....
for the newer fly lines with welded loop you can use a perfection loop to connect the fly line and the leader in a loop to loop fashion..
to connec the tippet to the leader you can use the perfection loop..
to tie the fly to the tippet you can use aclinch knot.. and improved clinch knot.. or a surgeons loop..
here is a site that shows you how to tie the knots you dont already know..
[url "http://www.killroys.com/knots/knots.htm"]how to tie knots..[/url]
there are lots of knot tying tools out there if you want to get em... I have two different ones..
one is the [url "http://www.yagersflies.com/tiefknottyer.html"]tie-fast knot tool[/url] and use this for the backing to fly line knot.. and the fly line to leader if needed..
I also use the [url "http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_22913____SearchResults"]clinch knot tool[/url] for the tippet to fly knot..
MacFly
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