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Tippet Spool
Common Fishing Knots
An average angler need just three to four fishing knots and that will help him perform his angling job; the choice of knots chosen is of course directly related to the mode of fishing. The world's largest manufacturer of fishing line, Du Pont, has done a lot of research into knots for monofilament and other types fishing line. Their research has helped establish a set of guidelines to determine if a knot is suitable to be used with their fishing lines. These guidelines are:
• A novice should be able to tie the knot, with minimal practice, in less than 30 seconds
• The knot should not reduce the overall strength of the line to less than 80% of its breaking strain.
• The knot should be easy to tie in low light conditions, with wet or slippery hands.
The common knots you need to know are:
• Clinch
• Surgeons
• Arbour
• Albright
Clinch
It is used to tie the fly to the end of the tippet. It is also sometimes tied as an "improved" clinch knot by passing the tag end back through the loop created at the front end. The improved clinch knot is stronger only when tied properly and not surprisingly, a well tied regular clinch knot is stronger than a poorly tied improved clinch knot.
Surgeons
The surgeon's knot is a simple modification to the reef knot. It adds an extra twist when tying the first throw, forming a double overhand knot thus adding friction which makes the knot more secure. This knot is commonly used by surgeons in situations where it is important to maintain tension on a suture, thus giving its name. Surgeon's knots are used in fly fishing, in tying quilts, and for tying knots with twine.
Arbour
The Arbor knot is simple, easily learned and effective and is used to attach the fishing line to the "Arbor" or "Spool Center". The Arbor Knot is really based on a noose knot and, therefore by pulling, tightens it. The easiest way to tie the Arbor is to create a Noose, drop it on the Arbor and tighten it. If you create a Slip Knot by mistake it will just pull undone. Alternatively, pass the tag end around the Arbor and use the end to tie an overhand knot around the line.
Albright
The Albright Knot is by many considered the best knot for joining two lines of different diameters or materials. The Albright knot is a great choice for attracting monofilament to braided line. In fly fishing it is often used to join the fly line with the backing line but it can be used whenever you need to tie two fishing lines together.
About the Author
The author is a fly fishing enthusiast and spends a lot of her time prowling the Yakima river, but also enjoys fishing trips to Montana. She also fishes for steelhead, with a low degree of success, closer to her home near Seattle. The knots described in the article can be viewed here.
Can someone explain the different tackles used on fly rods?
From everything I've looked up, I see that there are a couple different kinds of tackle used for fly fishing, Line Backing, Line, leader, tippet, and i think that's it. For line backing, do you fill your entire spool with backing? half of the spool? would you put half backing/half line? and how strong should each be, for example, should the backing be stronger then the line, vice-versa, or should they just be the same? And finally, what are good backing/line brands? sorry for asking so many questions, I just really want to start fly fishing, to do something a little different from traditional spin tackle fishing.
I'm going to assume you have a basic understanding of the order/arrangement of the tackle, but to summarize, the backing goes on first, then the fly line, then leader, and tippet at the end.
The best way to put on backing is to have your reel outfitted at a fly shop. They'll wind it on with a spooler and they can help you decide what you need. They'll make sure the backing and fly line "go together" well and they'll make sure that all the knots are neat and secure.
If you can't or don't want to do that, then you'll have to do it yourself. What you want is for your tackle (backing plus fly line) to almost fill up the arbor. (The arbor is the "spool" of your reel, the place where the line winds on.) When the tackle is wound on, it should never bulge out above the arbor, nor should you have a lot of extra space in the arbor. Now, the fly line's length is not negotiable, it's a fixed length, so you have to adjust the length of the backing so that the entire package comes to the "full" point on the reel. The way I was taught is to reel on the fly line head first and then wind on backing until the arbor is nearly full (you won't leave it this way -- it's just to eyeball the amount of backing you need). Then remove everything, tie in the backing "for reals" using an arbor knot, and wind the whole thing up. If you can't have this done at a shop, wind your backing on carefully and evenly -- might be a LONG time before you ever see it again.
The most common backing material is braided Dacron, and it comes in various line strengths, but unless you are doing very heavy or very light fishing, 20-pound test should be fine. Backing is heavy, floss-like material that is not meant to be in the water while you're fishing. It's really just extra length for your fly line for big fish that refuse to come to the net. If you're catching fish 6 pounds and under, you'll rarely go into your backing anyway. If you're doing very lightweight fishing, like very small brookies or on real lightweight gear, you might want 10- or 12-pound backing to save space. Otherwise, ordinary 20-pound backing is fine.
Line strength is not a specification that is usually shopped for when it comes to fly line. You sort of have to read the fine print to even know the exact line strength of a given fly line. The best thing is to choose your fly line according to your fly rod and your reel. 4 weight line goes with a 4 weight rod, 5 weight line goes with 5 weight rod, and so on. Most fly line between 4 weight and 7 weight will fall between 20 and 40 pounds in terms of line strength -- if for some reason you think you need something heavier, you can get fly line with extra strong core material. So, your fly line will probably have something close to the same strength as your backing.
When you get to your leader, that's when you start thinking about line strength, and your leader should definitely be weaker than your fly line. Leaders come in a very wide variety of line strengths, and you should get the one that fits what you're fishing for. The most common leaders for "ordinary" trout stream fishing will be from 4- to 8-pound in lengths from 7 to 14 feet.
Now we're at the tippet. This is the lightest piece of tackle, the one that is meant to break first if breakage is unavoidable. This makes sense if you think about it -- you definitely don't want your backing to break and have the fish pull your whole tackle into the water. Likewise, you don't want your flyline to break and watch the fish pull your leader and line away. Leader breakage is less catastrophic, but leader is more expensive than tippet (inch for inch) and tippet is the shortest piece of tackle. You never want any of your tackle to break, but if something's gotta give, it should be your tippet. Unlike spin fishing tackle, which is often rated in 2-pound increments (4-pound, 6-pound, 8-pound, etc.), fly tackle line strength is not as "rounded off." You might get 5.5-pound tippet and 7-pound leader. My general rule is that my tippet should be one full pound lighter than my leader, but sometimes I break that rule -- as long as each section of tackle (fly line -> leader -> tippet) is progressively lighter, you should be fine.
As I said, one great way to learn all this is to visit a fly shop. Not a sporting good store that has a few fly rods, and not one of those hokey Walmart fly fishing booths crammed between the pretzel shop and the eyecare place. Go to an actual fly shop and start asking questions. Fly shop clerks are usually enthusiastic fly anglers and they're always on the lookout for new customers -- just don't let them sell you the entire stockroom.
Advanced Fly Fishing: How to Cast a Line : Understand the Importance of Tippets When Fly Fishing