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Two
knot tying one must know to build or repair a leader.
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Wolf
knot :
With 2 overhand
knots with 3 or 4 wraps, this knot is easy to make.
It keeps between 80 and 85% of breaking strength.
To be used when you want to join 2 lines quickly.
Lubricate, tighten slightly knots A and B,
draw on the 2 Standing Lines to put
knots A and B in contact, tighten these 2 knots and then pull
firmly on the 2 Standing Lines.
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Put the 2
lines to tie side by side, with a line , make a 3 to 4 wraps overhand
knot A around the other line, repeat
on other side with knot B.
Lubricate, tighten slightly knots A and B,
draw on the 2 Standing Lines to put
knots A and B in contact, tighten these 2 knots and then pull
firmly on the 2 Standing Lines.
And to get a smaller knot, you could
use two Davy knots.
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Droppers
knots :
To fish
with 2 or 3 flies, the droppers can be made by keeping one of the Tag
End of the barrel or surgeon knot, but when they becomes a bit short,
instead of retying the all leader, one can tie a new dropper , two
ways to tie them:
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Dropper
N°1:
For a knotted
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Take a 25-30cm piece of line, position it above the leader
knot, at about the third of its length, hold the tag end BL1 against the
leader and with the other end BL2, make 4 turns around the leader while
moving away from the knot. Pass
the tag end BL1 through the last loop B, then, (without passing through
the middle loops), go through the first loop A.
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Lubricate
and draw slowly on the two
tags (BL1 and BL2), make
sure the wraps don't overlap, and slightly tighten this knot
around the leader.
Lubricate
again and slide the dropper against the leader knot and tighten, trim the
BL2. The dropper is
strong (95% of the breaking strength) and is at a right angle to the
leader.
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Dropper
N°2:
To make a dropper on a
tapered leader , you must
create a loop.
For
the dropper, take 0-25cm nylon and at an end make an overhand stop knot
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On the leader, at the place where you want to put the
dropper, make an
overhand knot A with
2 wraps. Open one of the wrap to create loop B.
Put
the dropper through loop B.
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Lubricate and
lightly tighten knot A on the
dropper.
Pull on the dropper to put the stop knot in contact with A,
then tighten A.
The knot is well balanced and retains 90% of the
breaking strength
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