Thanks Peter. If you’re using it at the end of your braid for lure fishing (like we did) with a trace the double turn version is best on the braid.

Thanks for sharing!

Great for when it's windy (so you don't lose/drop the separate, cut pieces of line when you try to join two together for droppers).

Thank you Don

Cheers Raymond, glad you found it useful :) Paul

You're very welcome D B and many thanks for your generous comment. Paul.

Thanks Thomas 😁

Many thanks Neil 😁

Thank you so much Bob - we're really glad you found the level of detail valuable (it doesn't always play well on Social Media haha).

It may well vary somewhat between tippet material but even when using the correct leg of the knot for the dropper (the one pointing towards the point fly, not the leg pointing towards the rod) we saw reductions to around 50 to 60% of the un-knotted breaking strain for the three turn water knot.

That's what we like to see! Some proper, independent testing! :) Paul

@@FishingDiscoveries You see so many claims that this knot is he strongest that I like to test it myself.

Nice.

Stuart, the full demo will be in the new nymphing book (and comes with a free step by step video), but the short answer is that I treat the dropper loop like the eye of a hook and tie a Pitzen knot at the apex of that loop. If I can I use the trimmed tag of tippet material from my fig 8 knot to tie the Pitzen. Trimming it down leaves nice "v" shaped stubs. Paul.

Thank you! Paul

Thanks for the cool feedback, I'll have to look into the Australian and South African examples... Paul

For building tapered lines the blood knot is best I find - so much smaller and neater when tied right - plus you don’t need to worry about compromised breaking strain until you get right to the join with the tippet. I’ve often used a perfection loop at the end of a tapered leader of around 6lb and used a fig.8 loop on the tippet when joining them loop to loop. It’s the tippet where you’re usually looking to preserve the most breaking strain as that’s usually the thinnest/weakest part of the whole setup.

It really depends on the thickness and material. For example, on a factory tapered leader I don’t mind a perfection loop at the thick end (which could be something like 20lb to 25lb). In that scenario (with very thick line) the perfection loop is a little “neater” than a fig.8 and strength isn’t really an issue as the taper will be way weaker at the thinner end so whatever knot you use on the thick end is fine. For a loop to loop join at the thinner end of a tapered leader or any other loop in thinner (let’s say, sub 12lb) lines, I’d always go for a fig.8 knot. The only way to be sure though is to do the test I mention in the video... tie a perfection loop in one end of a length of line then tie the fig.8 at the other end and pull for a break to see which wins. Don’t forget to try both versions of the fig.8 and definitely don’t forget to moisten those knots before pulling tight!

@@johnpearson138 Thank you.

Yes, I would recommend the version shown for creating droppers and trimming the ends short. As long as there isn’t a huge difference in diameter between the pieces you are joining it should be stronger than a blood knot.

Interesting - how does that compare to your regular knots in that line?