Fly to leader Knot

[Davy Wotton]

Bob, that's great.

Yes, l use rope to demo that as many persons cannot see mono that well, particularly the small diameters.

Dave will be here with me this month. when he lived real close to me we would fish often to gether, since his move to OK, we kind of miss each others company, one way or the other.

Davy.

[Terry Beeson]

Lookie whut I found!

I hope this link works...

Davy Knot

[Robert]

Terry,

That is a good site for Davy's knot. I use Davy's knot when I'm fishing, and I demo it at least once a day when I'm working. I believe in an email Davy said he has been using his knot since the 1950's.

[Terry Beeson]

Yeah... it said at the bottom that it was a "new" knot... ch'yeah... right...

Of course, it said Davy was a "British flyfishing pro" when we all know him to be a "British hillbilly"... (we luv ya Davy... you know that...)

And, I'm wondering about the "85-90% knot strength." I thought it was closer to 100%....

[Davy Wotton]

Terry, it is , the 10 to 15 % difference is to allow for the user not tying it correct, which most of the time is related to not cinching the knot tight enough.

Used it since the 1950s. for both fresh and saltwater fishing.

I also use it for way larger hooks than the average trout fly size by the way and have landed fish over 100lb using it.

Terry, we are the original hillbilly's

DW

[Terry Beeson]

Terry, we are the original hillbilly's

That's true, Davy. My ancestry goes back to me being what I term an "Anglo mutt..." The last names of my grandparents were English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh...

(Every hear of Beeston Castle? I think it's in Cheshire... Pennines to the east and the mountains of Wales on the west... I'm thinkin' someday I'm gonna go over there and get my castle back, then slay some dragons and rescue some damsels in distress...{per cousin Jethro})

[Davy Wotton]

Terry,

Yes, know of that castle, rampant with wenches and goings on.

Some great cheese comes from Cheshire, the original chedder, and not the procesed crap you get to day.

Check to see if your family name has a coat or arms. Were they of a knignted order or peasants.

If they were, knighted you can trace that back some.

DW.

[LostMyWife]

Dave

You DVD was recommended to me by a couple of guys here. They say I can get it around Branson. Can you tell me where?

[LostMyWife]

Davy

Just hit the link on your knot. Easy to learn. Why would anyone use a clinch knot when this is so easy to tie?

Great knot.

i use the Davy knot because it is small and probably the strongest knot out there. It is close to 100% strength because the line wraps around itself only one time creating less friction and less weakining of the line itself. unless you lubricate the clinch or improved clinch knot liberally, then with the wrapping of at least 5 turns of line around itself, the line weakens considerably. save the improved clinch for everything but trout. and use smaller stronger knots.

i also tie my own leaders and use blood knots to tie my leader sections together and even my leader to tippet. i have a super fast way of tying them and they turn out perfect every time. and i do not use a tool.

I have read conflicting articles on what to use to lubricate a knot. Orvis says to use saliva, and the Little Red Knot book says that the digestive enyzmes in the saliva weaken the knot.

What's the story guys? I been spittin on knots for years to fish for catfish, bass and carp. Are trout to sophisticated for a little spit?

[Davy Wotton]

What ever next.

Saliva weakens knots, that is about the last thing that would concern me. i wonder how that factor was established, nonesense, even if it was true.

I wou;d have more concern about the quality of the metal used for the hook.

In the majority of cases it is the human element that is the weak link, one way or the other when it comes to the loss of fish.

My DVD is available via my web site, for those of you looking for it guys.

http://www.davywotton.com

Davy.