Don Phillipson wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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Learn to tie a surgeon's knot.

http://www.killroys.com/knots/surgeon.htm

It's stronger than a blood knot, faster and easier to tie, and works far
better for lines of very different diameters.

Not quite a pretty , though.


1. Prior experience with the surgeon's knot is
needed before you can get the link lengths anywhere
near specifications: but this can be learned.
2. When I tie with surgeon's knots the leader is
not straight, but deviates at each knot by 20+ degrees.
Is this RW's "non-prettiness" or just bad tying technique?

As an ex-blood-knot guy this used to bother me a lot. After I got better
at tying the surgeon's it became less of a problem. I don't think my
surgeon's knots make anywhere near a 20 degree angle, but they aren't as
true as blood knots.

I use the blood knot in heavy mono where it's easy to tie.

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