Davy Knot/Figure 8 knot

[Karel]

Went up to South Platte in the Deckers are yesterday and had a blast fishing, though conditions were pretty tough with low, gin clear water (67cfs) and very windy. Normal good flow would be 250 but it's fishable up to about 600cfs. The expected BWO hatch never materialized, probably because of no cloud cover and strong winds.

Anyway, I tried to experiment with the Davy Knot or Figure 8 knot as it is called as well. Wondered if a knot that simple holds up well. I probably caught about 10 bows prior to starting the experiment, and twice my clinch knot came undone (probably my fault anyway). After switching, I caught another 10 or 12 bows, same flies, same tippet (Frog Hair FC, 5x for attractor nymph, 6x for dropper) which I intentionally horsed in through the current. None of them broke off, the Davy knot did not slip or looked weak. Looks like I will be using this knot more often.

One thing I read about the Davy knot that it is almost 100% proof for light tippet. Does anybody have any experience with the Davy Knot for heavier tippets, say 3x and heavier?

Tight lines. -K

 

[Burtbords149]

I saw AJfromNJ at Tight Lines one day and he showed me this knot and how simple it was, wish I remember how to tie it. I believe it's on his troutpredator.com site. Where'd you see it Karel? And nice RS2 by the way, where do you get the beads?

 

[Pete]

.... wish I remember how to tie it.....

Davy knot, a fishing knot easy and fast to tie.
or
Wasatch Angler | Davy's Knot

 

[Karel]

I saw AJfromNJ at Tight Lines one day and he showed me this knot and how simple it was, wish I remember how to tie it. I believe it's on his troutpredator.com site. Where'd you see it Karel? And nice RS2 by the way, where do you get the beads?

I saw the knot for the first time on the Fly Fish DVD with Davy Wotton doing his Wet Fly thing. Then I did some research online to find inx how to tie it (so simple.... crazy) I tried it finally last Sunday. Had no issues horsing trout in on 5x and 6x, no slipping, breaking, nothing. I will give it more field tests though, I like particularly the small profile of the knot.

And thanks for the compliments on the RS2, this is the fly I used last Sunday.... responsible fort 13 of the about 20 fish I caught. The rest hit aggressivly a beadhead rubberlegged copper john, size 18. Was never able to catch a trout on a copper john back East, but here the fish are aggressive.

I found the beads at a local crafts store, not Michaels, one of the other ones. Got some in black/obsidian too, they are great on midges. Need some?