Knot to replace Blood Knot?

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:23:00 GMT, "Sunny_B"
wrote:

What Tool???
Sunny_B

If it has a name, I have long ago forgotten it. It is the brass tool
demonstrated at the fly shows. To tie the clinch knot, thread the
fly, make a loop, stick the tool in the loop and twist around the loop
5 or 6 times, then reach through the loop with the tool, grasp the
bitter end of the tippet and pull it through the looop. Release the
tool, wet the knot and pull tight.

For the double surgeon's knot, make a loop with the end of the leader
and one end of the tippet held together. Reach through the loop and
make two (or three) twists. Then, grab the longest end of the tippet
and the short end of the leader with the tool, pull completely through
the loop. Tighten by pulling on all four parts of the knot (leader
and tippet, short ends of leader and tippet).

The same knots can be tied with your forceps using the instructions
above. If I lose my tying tool (every couple of years or so), I use
my forceps.

There are other knots that can be tied with this tool, but the two
mentioned above are all I need.

Dave