FG knot, the "short short version"

[AdrianLP]

 

Has anyone tried this method? It's very non-traditional, but it looks super fast and really simple.

[MickD]

That is not an FG knot.  The leader is wrapped multiple times around the braid, therefore it will be quite a large knot.  The FG consists of weaves of the braid around the leader, but no wraps of the leader. 

[garroyo130]

3 minutes ago, MickD said:

That is not an FG knot.  The leader is wrapped multiple times around the braid, therefore it will be quite a large knot.  The FG consists of weaves of the braid around the leader, but no wraps of the leader. 

 

Yup this method requires access to both ends of the line being wrapped around, meaning the leader has to be wrapped around the mainline and not the other way around. 

[AdrianLP]

6 hours ago, MickD said:

That is not an FG knot.  The leader is wrapped multiple times around the braid, therefore it will be quite a large knot.  The FG consists of weaves of the braid around the leader, but no wraps of the leader. 

 

What if you just switched which hand held which?

 

[garroyo130]

*edit ... 

 

 

this guy tied an albright and passed it off as an FG

 

[MickD]

The finished knot shows that as originally proposed the leader is wrapped around a doubled braid.  If you reverse the lines the braid will be wrapped around a doubled leader.  If the leader is doubled it is not an FG and will not be as small.  It will be more sized like an Alberto.

 

If I'm interpreting it wrong, let me know.  

[LrgmouthShad]

The FG is not that hard

[AdrianLP]

13 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

The FG is not that hard

 

We're not saying it is

 

[PaulVE64]

Nail knot - used to connect fly line to a leader/tippet/whatever.

 

I think it's a nail knot but I've never tied it that way