The Nail Knot used for attaching backing to fly line, and fly line to leader
In order to tie this knot, you will need a small tube or nail. I find it easiest to tie by using a tube which is about the same diameter as the fly line. Hold the tube and the end of the fly line with your left thumb and forefinger, with the end of the fly line pointing to your right. Also hold the leader or backing, with the end pointing to the left.
Now wrap the end of the leader around the fly line and tube for five wraps. Make sure you leave a little bit of slack when you begin wrapping, so you will form a little loop as shown. Now insert the end of the leader through the tube.
Now you can remove the tube, and begin snugging down the knot. This is the tricky part. You cannot let the loops formed at both ends of the wrap slide under the wraps. You want to try and snug the wraps first, and then pull on both ends of the leader to snug the loops against the wraps. Do not pull on the fly line.
If you have snugged the knot down correctly, it will look like the illustration below. Notice how the wraps are still in neat order, and the former loops cleanly enter under the wraps. Once you see you done this properly, you can lubricate the knot and tighten it down by pulling on both ends of the leader.
Now simply trim the tag end of the leader and the fly line. That's it, you did it! Congratulations, this is about as difficult as it gets. If you made it through this, the others will seem easy.
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