riverman wrote:
http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/Zeppelin.html

I just tried it on two pieces of 4x, and it seems very strong and is
quite easy to tie. Its not as simple as the Surgeons Knot, but it has
the advantage that it leaves a linear knot, and its much easier than a
Blood Knot.

What do others think...is this a good leader-tippet or tippet-tippet
knot? I wonder if its even worth doing two or more passes through
rather than the one.

--riverman

Here is a knot for consideration and testing. I never committed the
time to learn to efficiently tie blood knots, but many years ago
started tying a clinch to clinch knot for my tippet connections. The
result is a knot that looks very similar to a blood knot. I can do
this knot very quickly while on stream. Back when I first started
fooling around with this knot, I performed a very simple test comparing
this knot to a true blood knot.

I took two equal lengths of the same X tippet. Two ends were tied
together using a blood knot, the other two ends were tied together
using two clinch knots. I then used two screwdriver handles to stretch
test the leader material/knots. It seemed that the two different knots
broke in alternating order. My conclusion, not overly scientific, was
that the two knots were similar in strength. I've been using nothing
but the clinch to clinch knot ever since.

Give this knot a try, and if anyone does test it against a true blood
knot, please post your results.

Jeff