Either improved clinch or Lefty's loop.

Yeah, once. Couple times on a grasshopper.


"Wayne P" wrote in message
...
I use a surgens knot. I have recently learned how to tie a blood knot
since
I am tying my own non-trout leaders. Last night I tied tippet on for the
first time using the blood knot. It's not bad to tie. I'll see how it goes
for me.

wayne



"Tim Apple" wrote in message
al.net...
This morning I was tossing and turning around 4 am so I got up and went
to
a
park near my home to get a line wet. I got there and all rigged up
around
5
am . Either way I threw on a green popper and thought i'd see if he
lunker
bass really do come out at night(or when dark) I tossed it along side
some
sort of concrete structure for drainage and I could barely see a large
swirl
where I thought my popper was sitting. I lifted the rod up a tad and
sure
enough there was tension on the line, allot of it. My poor 6wt was
doubled
over...I swear the tip was dang near parallel with the mid section of
the
rod. I fought this fish for probably 10-15 minutes...he kept making
short
runs. I thought I had Orca the killer bass for sure. he was still
pulling
pretty hard, so I held on with one hand and got my camera ready with the
other so I could do a quick photo and toss him back in the water. I
finally
got him close to the bank and to my dismay it was a huge catfish that
took
my
popper. I honesty can't guestimate his size, but he was probably the
biggest
fish I ever had on.

Well here comes the sad part. I had him at the bank which was about 6
inches
high, and I knew the bottom of the pond was muck, so being the stupid
idiot I
am, I tried to horse him onto the bank by the leader...i'm sure you can
guess
what happened.....early the other day I added some tippet..and guess
where
my
line snapped....right at the damn knot!...

My wife was so mad at me...I called her at 530am dang near crying cause
I
lost the biggest fish I ever caught(even if he was a catfish). Now this
leads
me to two questions...

What knot do you use to tie on your tippet?

Has anyone else caught a cat on a popper? I've caught on woolybuggers
before,
even on purpose but I never thought I would get a surface strike from
one.

Tim Apple

ps Big Dale, you prolly know the park, it's right off bethany in Allen