Comments on: Double-Hitch Fly-Tying Knot

By: Jere Crosby

Jere Crosby — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:50:22 +0000

I learned this knot in a video featuring Gary Borger a quarter of a century ago, and have been using it for my finishing knot ever since..I do not own a whip finisher.
Gary’s comment on the knot went something like this…”Are you fishing the fly, or wearing it in your lapel? If you are fishing it this knot will work fine,” and it sure has for all of those years.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:42:07 +0000

John—As a kid, I learned it quickly, and despite subsequently learning the whip by hand and tool, I still use the DH for much of my tying (old habits, and all that, but the DH also has some interesting advantages, too). Hope that your god-son finds it is easy (well, relatively speaking), and gets into tying with confidence.

By: John LeJeune

John LeJeune — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:25:07 +0000

I’ll be teaching this to my god-son over the weekend. Trying to teach him a whip finish using a Martarelli has been futile.