Streamer Fishing - We Test Whether a Loop Knot Adds Movement!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2023
- Do you fish streamers? Then surely you know to use a loop knot, rather than a clinch knot, so your fly will have more movement in the water! 🤔 But wait, is that “common knowledge” really true? Sounds like something worth putting to the test! So we did.
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This really isn’t a test that would show which knot provides more movement as it is a single constant force pushing more or less one direction against the fly. Jerking and stripping where the fly pauses and changes directions would be a much better test especially with articulated flies. But you don’t need a fancy current tank to see which is better. Just go fish both knots in clear water and watch the difference. The loop knot allows more movement in those circumstances.
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My guess would be the loop knot is #1. The current would move the tippet, which is directly connected to the fly via a clinch knot. A loop would break contact as that line moves around.
Knot #2 streamer appeared to have a greater range of motion than #1.
IMHO, a fish in the mood would grab either one. The type of knot is irrelevant.
I think ,# 1 is the loop.not .don't think the fish would care either way
Rjc
Your means of testing is similar to spin fishing trolling and not fly fishing stripping. When stripping, you will see a lot more movement with the non-slip loop knot versus the clinch knot. Just in the stripping pause, the loop knot with show a lot more movement.
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This fly's materials offer lots of movement anyway. The same could be said for maribou or one with long saddles like a Deceiver. What he should do is test the knots using a simple bucktail like a Thunder Creek or a Mickey Finn. Thanks for the test, however.
#2? The head seems to bob more in #2.
In this case it really doesn't matter.
I use a non slip loop knot all the time for Scandinavian coastal sea trout fishing with a shrimp streamer.
I thought the #1 knot seemed to have more movement, but the difference between it and #2 was negligible at best. The comment the fly materials giving this particular fly a lot of movement I think was a relevant obsevation. I think a better test might be using some nymphs like a Copper John, a Hare's Ear, or maybe a Rickards Callibaetis (my personal favorite).
My guess is that one piece of mono pulling a fly is better than two (as in a loop)?
So tell us which is which! I suspect #1 was the loop but am I right? Not sure if the trout care though?!
#2 was the loop knot. I was surprised how little difference there was!
Knot number 2 sir
So i enjoyed the video but please answer the question about what u did
Sorry, I posted another video later that revealed the truth. Knot #1 was the loop and #2 was a clinch knot.
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Homer Rhodes, Florida tarpon guide, developed the loop knot in the 1950s so 80 lb. shock tippets could be tied to flies directly. A simple bucktail like any of the tarpon blonde series would have a lot less action clinch-knotted to a shock tippet.
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