How strong can a knot be?
Generally 5 years for Nylon is beyond any manufacturer's (but not a cheep guys) limit for the life of nylon. It is true that you certainly don't want to loose a big fish over $3.20. But recently when trying to snap out the "old" 5 x tippet, after a day of fishing and catching 4 local native Brownies 7-9" each, i gave the tip a good jerk vs the slow playful stretch and it popped as it does. Only this time when i closely examined the fly i could not see the eye??? I thought perhaps the fly was unraveling and just covering it, but it was not???
When i looked in my other hand i found the tippet and the eye still attached
How strong can a knot be, when the metal fatigues before the nylon???
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