Jerome For salmon / sea trout fishing, what connection would you
Jerome recommend between fly line and leader to optimise solidity
Jerome whilst ensuring optimum transmission of energy between fly
Jerome line and leader.?

Jerome I currently use a braided loop but would welcome suggestions?

I used to use braided loops, but stopped using them because they
broke, got detached from the fly line or had too large loops. Now I
mostly use nail knots. One good tip is to nail knot a section of mono
(about one foot of mono that has the same diameter as the butts of my
hand-tied leaders) to the fly line, and then nail knot the leaders to
this section of mono. This way you don't have to shorten the fly line
every time you change the leader, but only when the extra section of
mono becomes too short.

In medium trout fishing (line weights 5-6) I am currently testing mono
loop-to-loop-connections. This is because of the need to change
leaders more often, and because I don't consider energy transmission
to be critical here. The loop on the line side is made by attaching a
section of 0.021" mono to the fly line, and tying a perfection loop at
the end of this mono section. On the leader side I also tie a
perfection loop. Like I said, this is a test: it remains to be seen
what kind of problems the two perfection loops cause. However, I do
know that many people use this connection successfully. Hint: by
applying a crochet hook you can make very small perferction loops.

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Jarmo Hurri

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