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Repeat the same process (15B), with the other end and tuck it in the end from the opposite side. Snug them up, if you use nylon, do it steadily; if you use gut, give it a slight jerk to set the knot. This knot also serves when you're fishing among weeds or barnacles or want to use a heavier lure, you'll want to add a slightly heavier leader. Use it also to knot an extra fine gut or nylon tippet. 15C This timeless knot (15C) is used by many fishermen for linking two pieces of line or leader. It tests at least 29 per cent weaker than the blood knot and has the tendency to slip with nylon or platyl. Why use it? 15D This is a dropper knot (15D). Twist your line, drop the tongue through the gap and snub up the knot. Many anglers, including the writer, prefer the blood knot to a dropper (it tests 86 per cent), simply letting one of the overlapping ends dangle (see 15B). This loop knot (15F) is extremely easy to make and will strengthen the single loop knot (shown in Figure 14B). 15E Merely push the loop through a second time (15E). 15F Pull up and you have the finished product (15F). Even with a weighted bubble, in swift water, it may be necessary to use a light split-shot sinker near the bait or the fly to keep them at the bottom. You will find that this combination more than any other will put your lure close to the bottom where it will adjust its speed to the natural bottom-speed of the river, while the sunken bubble will keep the lure in mid-channel.
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