"rb608" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
This matter of the crookedness of the surgeon's knot is a recurrent theme
here. I've always had a hard time understanding this because mine don't
come out this way. treatise sniped

I've also never had a problem with crookedness. In a shorter explanation,
I believe it's simple because I'm very careful to pull the knot tight
evenly. With all that loose mono in your hands, it's tempting to just pull
it all together & fish, but I watch each loop as it goes together & tug as
necessary to adjust each one so that both pieces tighen together exactly
the same (as can practically be achieved). I always get a nice
symmetrical knot & straight leader.

Well, that certainly IS a shorter explanation......but I think it addresses
a different problem.

Wolfgang