23 common knots

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The Orvis knot secures the tippet to the fly.

The Orvis tippet knot secures the tippet to the leader.

see the Orvis Website - their animated knots page:

[url "http://www.orvis.com/orvis_assets/files/index.html"]http://www.orvis.com/...ets/files/index.html[/url]


Here are two short videos on how to tie the Orvis Knot

[url "http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6060009456755954379&q=orvis&hl=en"]http://video.google.com/...mp;q=orvis&hl=en[/url]

[url "http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6468992826826237915&q=orvis"]http://video.google.com/...26237915&q=orvis[/url]
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This is one of the strongest knots I have tested. I use it a lot.
It forms a small knot and thus goes well with size 22 - 32 flies.
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