Braided cast connector breaking

[five bellies]

Some do at both ends as well!!!!

 

The Nail Knot is a good alternative And no more fiddley than tying droppers or making taperd cast One thing you can try is turn over a short section of tip and whip it to its self to form a loop finnish this whipping off with UV reactive glue, the type that you patch your waders with. its not brilliant for wieght forward floating lines over a 5wt as the loop can be a bit bulky but for Ghost tip and clear intermidiates its great because the loop is invisible once in the water.

 

Greg some of the dearer lines have a Mono core These days, would your method work on these I like the sound of it?

 

 

Hi

Braided loops can be a problem. One of the very neatest, easy and strong loops is - 1. use a whipping tool 2. form a loop in the fly line of about 2" 3. Use 12 lbs nylon and make a whip finish of at least 6 turns 4. Thread line loop into whipping tool and slid whip onto doubled line 5. Repeat again about 1/2" away and trim ends 6. Finish with super glue. I promise you this will not slip! Tarpon fishers are doing this in Florida!

Andros

 

 

Andros, I know the method works its what I sugessted earlier in the thread but the thing is What dosn't scare a Tarpon will startle a 1/2 lb wild chalk stream brown Trout hence my bulky remark, It is a great method all the same and I use it all the time for salt water fishing.

Edited July 6, 2008 by five bellies