Which is stronger? The manufacturer's loop that comes on the end of fly lines or the loop that I make with nail knots myself.

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Today we're talking about fly fishing and particularly the connection between your flyline and backing or your fly line and leader.

When you buy a new fly line 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 the tarpins 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. It's 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 knot 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

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