The nail knot is one of the most commonly used fly fishing knots for attaching backing to fly line, or when attaching fly line to leader. This film shows how to use a nail knot tool and create fast, neat nail knots between leader (or backing) and the fly line. Learning how to tie a nail knot should be your priority as an angler. The use of a small hollow tube (coffee stirrer sticks can work) instead of a nail is effective. Using a Nail Knot Tool. In this episode of "From Vise to Water," I discuss the nail knot used when connecting both leaders and backing to a fly line.
This knot can be used to attach backing to a fly line and a leader to a fly line. The best way to attach your leader to line is with a nail knot and the easiest way to do this is with a nail knot tool.
FlyOn tube fly system. The Tie-Fast Knot Tyer (Buy one here) is a handy tool for tying a Nail Knot on a fly line. Nail Knot Tying Instructions. Uses: This knot obtained its name after the fact that the originator used a nail as a guide when he threaded his line; today most anglers prefer to use a hollow tube (such as a straw) as a guide. Learn how to tie a nail knot to join two lines of different diameters in a smooth, streamlined fashion. Clear, concise and with simple step by step directions, this film makes it easy to learn one of the most important, yet difficult knots. The nail knot is one of the three essential knots used in fly fishing. Cliff's Loop. How to Tie a Nail Knot. The Nail Knot The Nail Knot is the perfect knot for tying backing to your fly line as well as the fly line to the leader and/or the tippet. Although it may not be your first choice, knowing how to tie a nail knot could save your fishing day should you blow your factory loop on your fly line, or need to fashion a loop onto your sink tip.
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Over the next couple months I’ll write instructions and shoot videos showing how to tie the Nail Knot, Double Surgeon’s and the Clinch Knot. For many of us, there is still a tube or knot tool rummaging around the bottom of our vest or pack should the need to tie a nail knot arise, but odds are we’ve forgotten how to use it. How to tie the Nail Knot. Knots. Start tying a nail knot by following these steps. The Nail Knot is one of 10 great fishing knots included on the Fisherman's Ultimate Knot Guide (click to … Instructions come with the tool but in case you have lost them, here is how to tie the Nail Knot.
Nail Knot. The Nail Knot is a time tested and popular knot to join fly line to leader. Follow these steps to make a nail knot you can use for fly fishing and how you can close it neatly: Take a nail or a narrow hollow tube as your nail knot tool and align it against the end of a fly line. The inexpensive tool which is called a Tie-Fast Knot Tyer makes short work of tying the Nail Knot.