LDR wrote:
Two of my heroes, Lefty Kreh and Mark Sosin, whose book Practical
Fishing KNots, has been my primary reference despite many books since
like it, describes the Bimini Twist has the most important knot to know,

If you want to fish for ( IGFA ?) records.
Makes a strong double that is easy to connect the class tippett to.

and yet I don't sense that it is widely used among fly fishers.

The only time I've seen these tied the guy used a chair for his
derriere (so he wouldn't fall over
), both hands and a foot (his :-) Draw your own conclusions as to
one reason it isn't used
much ;-)


Of course I can't really see how others tie their lines, because my
eyesight is going south along with my other declining powers.

;-)


Kreh and Sosin suggest using it with an Albright knot for even light fly
fishing.

Their reasoning ??
(besides filling a column)

Steve (not much into records or carrying chairs while fishing ;-)