How to Tie the Nail Knot Fly Line Knot

Female Speaker: Another method we use quite often in tying a nail knot is with this handy tool called the Tie-Fast. Take your fly line and lay it down in the groove and lay your thumb on top, incidentally there's a little tag that tells you which end to put to your reel.

Take the backing and lay it down in the opposite direction and leave yourself plenty of room on the tag end because you're going to need it to make a wrap around your Tie-Fast tool. Anchor it with your index finger and make three more wraps around the tool, working up towards your thumb.

Then take your tag end and run it down the channel you've created and as you pull that backing tie, you pull your knot off the Tie-Fast tool. And you're pulling your backing, and you are still anchoring it with your thumb up here and pull it tight. Grab the tool and pull the backing tight, tighten your knot and then the fly line to the backing. Pull nice and tight. Then clip your tag ends nice and tight so that it will slip through your guides easily. And there you have a nail knot.


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