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Tying the Blood Knot

The primary purpose of the blood knot is to join sections of similar diameter monofilament. You can tie 0X to 2X, or 1X to 3X, but you wouldn't want to tie 0X to 3X or 1X to 4X. The general rule of thumb is that you can safely skip a single "X" size when joining monofilament sizes greater than or equal to 4X. When joining sizes smaller than 4X, you should not skip any sizes. In other words, 4X would be tied to 5X which would be tied to 6X and so on (assuming, of course, you want a 6X tippet). Going directly from 4X to 6X is asking for trouble!

Illustration courtesy of Andre Puyans Fly Fishing Seminars

 

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