Fly Line To Leader Knot Tool

The nail knot requires a small diameter tube such as the barrel of a ballpoint pen a nail knot tool or other similar object about twice the diameter of the fly line.

Fly line to leader knot tool.

Quick knotting tied hooks in time easily. The nail knot uses friction to hold the leader to the fly line. Insert the fly line into the tip of the tool approximately an inch. It s fairly simple to tie though some kind of tool helps.

The upside of this knot is that it is the easiest to bring through your guides especially if you coat it with a little uv resin. Place the weighty end of the leader also known as the butt section adjacent to the fly line and the nail. This knot tying tool is a single tool built with a stainless steel line cutter that makes it suitable for saltwater and freshwater fishing. You may use the albright knot for the leader to line or a slightly more complicated nail knot can be used for a smoother finish.

Use the sharpener to keep the razor sharp quality of your hooks. Trim tag and stub of fly line. Whether you re a novice fly fisherman or an experienced angler you ll need to connect your fly line to a leader to go fishing. You can use a nail or small tube a nail knot tool of course and i have always used hemostats.

Pull the tag and running line until knot is tight. Dampen or lubricate the loose knot. For most of my fly fishing the albright knot is my favorite fly line to leader connection knot. By purchasing a leader and fly line unpacking and preparing your leader and creating a loop to loop connection you can ready your supplies for an awesome fishing trip.

A fly line is the fishing line you use to fish while the leader is a transparent connector that links your fly line to your fly a type of lure. To the tie the knot you need to keep the distance of the end around 10 12 inches. Video of how to tie a nail knot. Now grab the butt section fly line along with the nail or tube or the tool you are using with your fingers.

Quickly pull the tag and the wrapping off the tool. This knot tying tool will make your life easier whether tying yucatan knots fg knots and blood knots. Approximately 8 inches of tag should be hanging out of the tip of the tool. Whether connecting from line to leader or line to line the hook eze works perfectly well.