Loop-to-loop connection
Joins two lines that each end in a loop, for example a fly line and a leader. Easy to undo.
- Use
- Line to line and leaders
- Lines
- Monofilament, Fluorocarbon
- Difficulty
- Easy
White: one line. Grey: the other line. Orange: the tag end being tied. Mirror flips the drawing for tying left-handed.
Steps
Pass the loop of the first line through the loop of the second.
Pass the far end of the second line, with everything on it, back through the first loop.
Pull the two lines apart slowly, so the loops draw together, each round the other.
Sources
Each step was checked against these written guides:
Drawings and animation by Fishwake. We give no breaking-strength figures: published numbers differ with the line and the test.
