Tie
the leader or backing to the flyline: the Needle (or nail) knot
Needle
knot:
Takes its name
from the needle being used to pull the tag end through the coils,
a very effective knot if a bit bulky. Here we use a short piece
of metal tubing instead of a needle.
Put
the flyline, the leader butt and a small metal tube.
With the left hand, in P hold the 3
parts: flyline, leader and tube. Start to wrap the leader BL
around them,to the end of the line.
Keeps
the coils with your left hand fingers. Make 5 or 6 wraps
Put the leader butt end (BL) through the tube
Keep everything together in P and pull slowly on
the tube to get it out from the coils.
Hold
the leader BF and the flyline and pull slowly the leader butt to
tighten the coils. Alternate pulling on the leader BL and the BF.
Make sure the coils don't overlap.
Lubricate
and pull on both the BL and BF to close the coils and tighten the
knot on the flyline.
Cut the butt end and the flyline end. The
knot will go through the rings
