"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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The surgeon's is a fine knot, but the ends don't end up perfectly straight
and in line like they do with a blood knot. Because of this, when I use
the surgeons, its just to tie on one piece of tippet, and not to rebuild a
leader.

Same for me. I tie my leaders with a blood-knot exclusively. I seldom use
the surgeon's knot, even for my tippet section, unless I am tying on 6x on a
dark and cloudy day or I'm tying on 7x tippet.

I have all but stopped buying knotless leaders and tie my own leaders using
Orvis' Leader Formula Booklet. It's a very handy little booklet, with
formulas for many different flyline weights and light and heavy leaders.
The nice thing about tying your own leaders is that you know exactly what to
tie back, if you encounter a break.

Op

Scott