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In tying on the lure, the angler must decide whether he wants the strongest possible knot, and jeopardize losing a lot of line with his lure, or a knot which is a little weaker than the line, so that when he has to pull his foul-hooked lure free it will part at the knot which links line to lure. For good solutions, see the double loop knot (Figure 14B) and the jam knot (FigureJ6A). If the spinman is a reconstructed dry-fly man, he'll want to take his fly reel along, and will need the best knots: The loop knot, for tying tapered leader to tapered line (Figure 14C). The figure-eight knot, for attaching the line to leader (Figure 17A). 17A Figure 17. This figure-eight knot (17A) is intended to attach the tapered fly line to the butt loop of the leader. Run the line through the loop and tuck the end inder and then bring the line over and tuck it in from behind. 17B Trim the end up close to you have a knot (17B), which will not slop and it leaves no bothersome end exposed on which to foul up the point of your leader. 17C (17C) This is the a Turle knot, not Turtle! It's good for attaching fly to leader. Pull the guy tippet through the hook's eye. Make a loop and slip it over the barb of the hook. Its breaking strength is 80 percent. For nylon, put the end through the small knot twice to prevent the knot from slipping. 17D
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