Attaching backing to fly-line

[Teifi-Terrorist]

Here's a good little way of attaching your backing to your fly-line. It's also a great way of attaching wire to nylon when pike fishing...

I think that the knot is a fairly well known one, but I have no idea of the name, sorry.

What you'll need; fly line! backing! :) and short piece (1cm) of 3mm bore shrink tubing.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot1.jpg

start by threading the shrink tubing up your backing

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot2.jpg

Next, form a point in your fly-line.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot3.jpg

pass the braid through the point, and catch it in the same hand.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot4.jpg

double the braid back and take it round the doubled up fly-line about 5 times.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot5.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot6.jpg

Then take it back through the looped section of the fly-line.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot7.jpg

slowly pull the loose ends of the backing until it sits snuggly.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot8.jpg

Cut the loose ends, and cut the fly-line at an angle (this will help give you a tapered end).

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot9.jpg
Put a drop of super-glue on the knot then pass the shrink-tube over.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot10.jpg

pass a flame under the shrink-tube or hold it over the steam of a boiling kettle (taking care!).

The end result:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b129/jonessteffan/backingknot11.jpg

A nice, neat connection knot.

TT.

[SJF, Simon]

Its an albright knot, this is also the best knot for attatching a short mono or braid leader to your braid mainline if you dont want a swivel bashing hell out of your tip ring.

Just use 12 to 20 wraps of braid around a loop in the mono ( not knotted ), tighten up and cut snug - no need for heat shrink on that end of course.



For myself, for attatching fly line to backing I use a braided loop on the end of my fly line just like I might at the other end ( if I liked them ) and have a large loop ( big enough to pass the reel through made in my braid backing - then I can change a whole line nice and quickly using the same reel.

[Teifi-Terrorist]

For myself, for attatching fly line to backing I use a braided loop on the end of my fly line just like I might at the other end ( if I liked them ) and have a large loop ( big enough to pass the reel through made in my braid backing - then I can change a whole line nice and quickly using the same reel.

Thanks for naming the knot Simon, much appreciated. I too follow your method, and tend to have a braided loop at the back-end of the line. However, this is an useful knot to know and remember should you be on the riverbank etc. with few options at your disposal.

TT.