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Eliot Crowley “Clinch Knot” 5/9/23

Flyfishing uses many different knots. I’ll admit I have trouble with most of them due to the lack of opportunity to tie them and the tiny little line I’m trying to make work. But professional guides tie them all the time, multiple times a day. I’ve been fishing with a guide and watched him change the fly on my line 10 times in one day, sometimes 3-4 times in one hour. These guys are fast, efficient, and practiced. Just look at this guy’s fingers and fingernails, he has clearly spent his 10,000 hours making these knots. And yes, I caught a fish.