Fly Fishing Knots: Spliced Loop
Tying the Blind Splice Loop
for Connecting Backing to Fly Lines
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Tags: Fly Fishing Knots, Spliced Loop, Backing Knots, George Anderson
IN THIS VIDEO, George Anderson demonstrates how to put a Blind Splice Loop in backing. The Spliced Loop is an excellent knot for creating a smooth, low-profile, and re-usable connection point in backing. George shows the proper use of a splicing tool with Dacron backing and offers lots of simple tips for making this somewhat intimidating knot easy to tie. This clip is from "Terminal Tactics for Fly Fishing" (Reel Action Media, DVD, 150 minutes), 
EXCERPT: "The tool that we use to do this is a little tool developed by Cortland and Gudebrod. It's a little splicing tool that you can buy for a couple of dollars. And the tool itself has a small hook on the end and a gate that flips back over that hook to protect it as you pull it through the line. They make these tools in two sizes: here's the larger one, and here's the smaller one. We use the smaller one most of the time because it's easier to get through the backing."
