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The Atlantic Salmon - Salmo Salar (Top) |
The Sea Trout - Salmo Trutta (Below) |
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1. The Salmon's eye extends no further
than the mouth |
1a. The Sea Trout's eye extends further
than the mouth |
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2. There are few markings below the
fishes lateral line |
2a. Larger number of markings below the
lateral line |
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3. The tail of a Salmon is concave
(Forked) |
3a. The tail of the Sea Trout will be
square, even convex |
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4. The Salmon has a narrow tail base with
a noticeable wrist |
4a. The tail base is wide, with no
noticeable wrist |
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USEFUL KNOTS |
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Arbor
Knot - used to attach your backing to your reel's arbor
First loop the backing around the arbor. Then tie an overhand knot at
the end of the tag end and tighten it. Then take the tag end and tie
an overhand knot around the standing line. Start tightening the
overhand knot around the standing line, while bringing the knot at the
tag end closer. Keep tightening until both knots are touching and then
snug them up against the arbor.
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Improved
Clinch
knot
– A really great knot used to attach the fly, spinner or worm hook to
your line
Start by threading the tippet through the eye of the hook, leaving a
few inches to complete the knot.
Wrap the tag end around the standing line four to six times. Use four
turns for very heavy line, and six turns for very thin line.
Bring the tag end over to the hook, and insert it through the first
loop made in front of the hook eye as shown.
Now insert the tag end through the loop created in the previous step
as shown. Begin snugging the knot by pulling on the standing line. You
may pull slightly on the tag end to eliminate any slack, but do not
tighten the knot this way.
Once you have the knot snug, lubricate it and tighten further by
pulling on the standing line only. Now trim the tag end.
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Surgeon Knot
- Used to attach the tippet section to the leader
or
to form droppers
Lay the leader and tippet together, with the leader's tag pointing
right and the tippet's tag pointing left.
Form a loop in the center, with the
leader's tag section in front as shown.
Bring the leader's tag section and the
standing tippet section over and through the back of the loop. What
you are doing is making a simple overhand knot with the sections
doubled.
Bring the leader's tag section and the
standing tippet around a second time. This will give you a double
surgeon's knot. You can go around a third time, which will give you a
triple surgeon's knot. The triple is stronger, so it may be a good
idea to take the extra step. To tighten this knot, you must pull on
all four pieces of line at the same time. Snug it down, lubricate it,
and then tighten. Finally, trim both tag ends if joining to lengths of
line together or if forming a dropper you should trim one end tag
short to just above the knot and leave a long tag end to tie your fly
to.
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