How to make a SMALL Perfection Loop 

Happy to help, Shawn. Thanks for watching!

You are welcome, Rich! Hope you have been getting out!

I’ll do one in the near future, Preston. Couple of things that I do differently that I feel make it easier. Appreciate the suggestion. Hope you have been getting at em!

Awesome to hear, Ted! Happy it helps. Thanks for watching and tight lines!

Thanks for watching, TJ. Happy it's helpful.

Good luck with it, Drew. Thanks for watching. Tight lines!

Thanks, Ryan. Will do!

Great to hear, Thomas. Appreciate you watching!

Glad it helps, Mike!

Appreciate it, Leisl!

Sure thing, Alex. Glad it helps!

Happy to help, Jim. Good luck with your new rig!

Glad it helps. TK. No better place to practice than at the bench!

Glad it is helpful, Brian! Tight lines to you!

Glad it is helpful, Adam!

Haha-Thanks, Brett! Appreciate the comment. Gotta keep those T&Ts in a safe spot ;). Happy to help and tight lines to you!

You are right, Daniel. I use it myself. I briefly talk about that and show the barbless hook in the video. Appreciate you watching. Continued success to you.

Hey Fudd. Happy it helps. Glad all the tips are working for you, as well. Tight lines to you!

Appreciate you watching!

Appreciate it! The hemostats are a great tool. You can do so many things with them. Thanks for watching!

Glad it was helpful, James. And glad all the videos are helping, as well! Really appreciate it you subscribing and taking the time to comment. Continued success to you and tight lines!

Glad it helped, FFM! Good luck and tight lines to you!

Thanks for watching, Fred! Glad it helped!

Glad it is helpful, Rob. I appreciate the comment and thanks so much for watching. Tight lines, as always!

Appreciate you watching and glad it’s helpful, Joe!

Appreciate you watching, John. Glad it helps. Tight lines.

Thanks, Steve! Hope all is well mate!!

Thank you, Gregory! I haven't made it up there for Steelhead yet. One of these days....Appreciate you watching and tight lines to you as well.

Glad it is helpful, Tony. Tight lines!

Thanks, Dave!

Jon, I'm just showing a way to control the size. It's not a suggestion to use it any other way than people already do. Like I said in the video-You may want to make a small loop to replace a tippet ring or for an adjustable dry-dropper. Thanks for watching.

Appreciate it, Ken.

Hey Edge. I use it to make a small dropper for an adjustable dry-dropper. You can see that video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-07hhOzbUkQs.htmlsi=woIKPPxtkQG-dTxB Glad the videos are helping. Good luck to you. Here's to more success!

David, I use a Frabill 18x13. For me, it is the perfect size.

William, you can see my setup here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_LsHADwel28.htmlsi=WattcSAUBwF3q-vx Hope this helps.

Nathan, I am assuming you mean when fishing a dry-dropper? It won't affect it if you use 2 different sizes, but I like to use the same size. Thanks for watching.

Thanks, Jim!

Hey Jim. I do use a micro loop. I'll just tie my leader directly to the loop.

@@OldDominionTroutBum So tying on the leader to the micro loop probably helps prevents the hinge affect vrs the loop to loop attatchment ?

@jimcastillo8950 you do not want you fly line out of the rod tip because it will defeat the purpose of the micro leader. You need to keep the loop inside the guides. The small loop helps it slide through the guides easily. Check out my micro leader video for more info. Tight lines.

Charles, that's no out of the ordinary. When you get stuck, a lot of the times your rig will break at the knot. Usually it is at the weakest knot (esp on light line). The perfection loop's strength is less than a clinch, davy, surgeon's, etc...

Hey Bill, this video was more for the traditional use of a perfection loop (and you are right, you can use far less tippet). I actually use a non-slip loop knot if I want a loop for my fly. Thanks for watching and tight lines to you.

Whatever the use, to adjust my perfection loops, after folding a short length of tag end across the two loops and just before tightening the everything, I pull on the side of the first loop, (which will make the second loop smaller), and/or the standing part of the line (which will make the first loop smaller). Then spit and tighten. I was merely using tippet-to-fly as an example of how small you can make it. But I do this anywhere I use it such as loop to loop. If your tippet-to-fly knot is stronger than your leader-to-tippet knot, each time you lose your fly, you will also lose your tippet because the leader/tippet knot will break first every time. I tested many combinations of different knots in those two places and the perfection loop at the fly was the goldie locks. Just right. It was the strongest loop that still doesn't overpower the tippet/leader connection where I use the strong but aestheticly unpleasant double overhand knot. (Any suggestions for a stronger knot there would be welcome) I also find the perfection loop quick and easy to tie in the dark. This is all my personal preference of course. But I will playing around with the non slip some more. And also your way of tying the perfection loop in this EXCELLENT video, which is new and fascinating to this old knot head. 😏👍

@@billp3598 Nice of you to say, Bill. Appreciate it. I agree that your tippet to fly has to be the weakest link (for the lack of a better word). As unpleasant as that double (or triple) overhand knot is-it flat out works. I have tested the perfection loop as the fly line to leader connection with a non-slip loop knot on false albacore (they are tackle busters) on 9 and 10 weights and never had a perfection loop fail. But that double overhand knot doesn't either.

Thank you, Helge. Tight lines to you.

Perhaps your knots are tied perfectly, SGT. If you don't have perfectly tied knots, they will fail. Thanks for watching and thank you for your service!