New Knot? Seems old to me.

[MarkFromSea]

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Here's a knot that is claiming to be a new knot..... Seems to me, dad used to tie this when putting tippets to main line when fly fishing. Any thoughts?

The knot tying starts at 5 minutes into the video.

[fishinChristian]

Yup. Used that when I was learning to fly ties or tie flies or whatever. About 50 years ago, so if that's new, I'm young!

[MarkFromSea]

LOL Yeah that would be about the right time frame.... about 40 years... This knot is experiencing a resurgence in offshore mono to braid applications. it's so easy... loop, through, 5 wraps up, 5 down, through, snug and jerk. Tied in less than a minute!

[G-Man]

Just a version of the modified albright knot. Most of the time you wrap 8 or more times going up and a few to equal number of times coming back down. In any case the knot works like a champ and I've been using it for all my braid to mono/fluoro connections for a few years know.

[MrP]

I learned this knot years ago--well decades ago. I like it for joining mono or fluorocarbon of disparate sizes. It's a great knot.

[Anglinarcher]

Old but good knot. Most new knots are either forgotten knots or simply modifications to existing knots.

I love how small it is, but it is no where near 100% strength. Nevertheless, most of the time we don't need 100%.

I have created my own knot to do this, actually a lot smaller in size, but it takes three hands to tie, takes more time, and is a modification of another know. IT IS 100% strong. I use it only when I must have 100% strength and have not bothered to teach it to but a couple of people. If pressed on which knot is better, the old but good, or my new modified, ......... I would suggest the old but good that is so easy to tie.