Brimbum wrote:


Yeah, I use what is now called "the Whitlock method". I first learned it from
the guys as the Austin Angler. I keep running into "Whitlock methods" that were
in common use before they became "the Whitlock method."

Yeah, I know ... I was taught it by those same guys (Joe and ?) back
in the early 80's. I just tend to call it that because it's a handy
shorthand way to describe it.

I prefer it for my
light line fly lines, but then I have waters that grow a lot more "salad" than
do the ones in the hill country.

Just curious, what do you do to minimize changing leaders (and
shortening your flyline) while at the same time keeping the knots to a
minimum? I've been using the loop-to-loop with an extra length of
tippet surgeon's-knotted to the leader.


Chuck Vance