Fishing Q&A

how do you get that "no-knot eye-let" into the end of fly fishing line?

we've tried heating the line and the eyelet but just can't get the eyelet into the end of the line.

Public Comments

1. There should be a sleeve in the packege. you cut off a peice about an inch long. You take have of the cutt off piece of the sleeve and slide on the fly line. take the other half and slide the no-not in there. Use a lighter and heat so it shrinks. Yoiu may have to heat and then let it cool and repeat.
2. You are better off not using the eyelet and take the flyline to a flyshop and have them tie a butt section to your flyline then have them tie a loop on the end of the butt section which you can loop your leader to. , they will do that for free. With the eyelet you feel some hinging affect, which can effect your leader presentation.
3. go to basspro.com on the site it said something about the line being hollow so u might really want to check it out i'd tell ya more but i don't fly fish .Fish on!
4. GO to a fly shop or some wal marts have them to . Made by Orvis [ braided loop connectors ]this is the only way to go get the size for your fly line it slides over the end then a drop of super glue last forever and NO damage to the flyline. And a loopto ty your leaders to
5. The no knot eyelet that you talk about will put the fly right at the end of your floating line and it will make a very large splash which will scare the fish with every cast. Rather than that you should use a leader and tippet of sufficient length to let it float down to the water as a natural bug would rather than a large splat. Depending on the fish you are fishing and the pressure on said fish you may need a leader and tippet of up to 20'. The size of the tippet is also directly related to the size of the fly that you are using as the line must be able to turn the fly over properly. The larger the fly , the larger(diameter) the tippet or leader. I personally use a uni knot for all of my connections as it is a very easy knot and has good knot strength.Orvis has a good book out that has lots of different knots and if you can't afford it go to your local library and check it out. Tight lines!