Even if you use
"knotless" systems to attach your leader to
you fly line, you will still need to know this knot to
attach your fly line to the backing. It's a good
idea to have this knot in your arsenal for the day your
braided loop fails.
Step 1. The backing shown on top with a large loose loop
in it. A two inch section of drinking straw is in the
middle. The end of the fly-line to be attached to the
backing is on the bottom.
With your left hand grasp the straw holding fly line along
side of it from the left and the backing along it from the
right. Make sure you have at least eight inches of
backing left over after running it along side of the
straw. Starting from the left side of the straw, wrap
the end of the backing, back over itself with five loops.
After making the five loops around the straw, take the extra
backing and run it through the right end of the straw as
shown. Now for the tricky part, grasp all of the loops
between the thumb and index finger of the right hand.
While holding all the loops together, slide the straw out to
the left. Pull both ends of the backing at the same time
from the left and the right to tighten its grip around the fly
line. As you tighten, watch the loops to make sure they
stay nice and neat around the fly line.
If everything goes ok, you should have something that looks
like the picture to the left. Now the easy part, trim
the excess fly line and the excess backing. Your
done! Time to go fishing.
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