The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Bjorn

I found the Davy knot while playing on the internet last year (always have had a interest in knots). Looked very easy to tie for my old hands so I used it all this year. It is very easy and quick to tie. It worked great for me on tippets from 3x to 6x (mostly stillwater fishing from a tube). Never had a failure on fish to 24 inches on 3x. I use a loop-to-loop system for attaching leaders and any failures I had were at the top loop - a triple surgeons knot. Knot at fly never broke. Am looking for a better loop knot as I find a perfection loop hard to tie in lighter lines (works great in 20# and up). Will be interested to see if anyone else has tried the Davy knot.

Darti