![]() This will allow a smooth transition from double to single thickness. Start by tapering the very tip of your fly line at about a sixty-degree angle.You’ll need a fly-tying bobbin and some monocord thread along with some head cement or super glue. Tying a whipped loop in the end of your fly line is simple and produces a permanent secure loop. Trim the tag end of the fly line and the tag end of the backing off.Check the wraps to make sure they don’t overlap and then, making sure the fly line does not slip out of the wraps, pull on the opposite ends of the backing to really cinch it into the fly line coating.Don’t cinch down yet, just snug the knot a bit so the wraps can’t come loose. Now, still pinching the wraps, pull on the tag end of the backing with your right hand until the wraps start to cinch down on the fly line.Slide the tube out of the wraps (towards the fly line tip) and set it aside, never letting go of the wraps.Take the loose end of the backing in your right thumb and forefinger and pass it through the tube towards the butt end of the fly line, all the way until it comes out the other end of the tube and you cannot pass any more through. ![]() Slide your left-hand thumb and forefinger forward to pinch the wraps so they don’t unravel.Take the loose end of the backing in your right hand and make five wraps around the tube and the fly line towards the tip of the fly line and tube.Grip all three between the thumb and forefinger of your left hand, with the tip of the fly line and the tube sticking out about 5 cm past your fingertips.Place 5 to 8 cm of fly line in the opposite direction to about 8 to 10 cm of backing, and place the tube between the two lengths so that all three overlap.The hollow plastic Q-Tip tube works well. Cut a tube of a diameter slightly greater than your backing, about 5 cm in length.If your fly line does not have a centre core (like some clear lines), then do not use this knot-use a whipped loop or leader loop instead. It takes some practice to get the knot right, but it’s very strong when joining your backing to a fly line that has a strong core. The nail/tube knot is very well-known and has been used to do this for many decades. There are three tried-and-true ways to join anything to either end of your fly line. Make sure each time you go fishing to check it to make sure it is not slipping. I personally have used braided leader loops for years to join the ends of my fly line to the rest of my system. Let’s jump in and start assembling these pieces in a way that ensures that they don’t come disconnected at the wrong time. If one of these parts or knots fails, the entire system fails and you lose the fish and perhaps much more. Backing, fly line, leader, and tippet all form a critical piece in a tapered fly line system and are joined together by knots or loops to form a single strand that connects you to the fish. Your fly fishing system consists of numerous parts.
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