"rw" wrote in message
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Opus wrote:

Yes, I'd say so. Unrealistically fast, IMO. I can tie-up a leader in
about 10 or so minutes, I guess. I've never actually timed myself. I
measure and cut a number of tippet lengths that I figure on tyin', and
then tie. I don't doubt a person can tie them up faster than myself. I
feel that the blood knot is the strongest and straightest tie for
leaders. I don't know this to be a fact, it's just my opinion.

FYI, the surgeon's knot tests stronger than the blood knot.

You may be correct in your assessment of the surgeon's knot, and I should
have qualified my statement to read, "I feel that the blood knot is the
strongest and straightest tie for leaders, *and my particular fishing.*"

So, for my purposes the blood-knot is a straighter knot and the strength is
sufficient to catch the itty-bitty trout I fish for. I've seen the fish you
catch out West, and they are considerably larger than the trout I catch, so
strength isn't the significant characteristic I look for when stalkin' the
trout in NC mountain streams.

I have no doubt that you and the surgeon's knot will live happily ever after
together and I and my blood-knot will do likewise.

Op