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Which is stronger, the manufacturer's loop that comes on the end of flylines or the loop that I make with nail knots myself

What's going on everybody? It's How to Tuesday on the Tom Rollin podcast brought to you by Danco. Today we're talking

about fly fishing and particularly the connection between your flyline and

backing or your flyline and leader. When you buy a new flyline these days, a lot of them, just like this

Cortland precision, come with a manufacturer's pre-made loop in the front and also in the back. So what you would do here is a

loop to loop connection with either a bimini twist to your backing or some sort of other loop not to your leader.

And a lot of fly fishermen that have been at it for a while just don't trust these lines. They think, well, I've never lost a tarpin the other way, so I'm not going to start now, and they cut this off and they make a loop on the end. The way that you make this loop is you tie nail knots, you double

over the line and then tie nail knots. It is best if you can tie it with a tie fast nail knot tire. This is probably the cheapest

piece of fishing gear that you could ever buy. I don't know how much it costs but

not much is a simple folded piece of aluminum that makes a really good knot.

So if you're not very good at nail knots or you just want to tie the perfect nail nut every time this tool is highly

suggested. So what we're going to do today is we are going to test a welded loop versus a loop that I created with nail knots and

see which one's the strongest. Here we go. Did that surprise you because it sure surprised me? The manufacturer's

welded loop was not only stronger than the loop that I made myself, but it was

actually stronger than the line. This is the one that actually broke. You can see that the loop is here. There's no compromise whatsoever on the welded loop and it broke down in the line right here. So that means that this part is stronger than the line.

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