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Product Review:  Tie-Fast Knot Tyer

Made By:  Sierra Stream & Mountain

 

I recently attended the Fly Fishing Expo as it made its way to my neck of the woods.  One of the exhibitors there was Tie-Fast.  Now I've seen this tool for years.  I've noticed it from the corner of my eye on shelves and racks in fly fishing shops and larger retailers and always ignored it.  I just assumed it was another one of those gadgets that maybe did something cool, but certainly would only take up precious space and ultimately find itself sitting neglected and unused in the back of a drawer (No fly fishing gear will ever makes its way to the trash bin - that would be a sin).  I assumed wrong.  It was the basket of shiny tools sitting front and center that got me to approach the Tie-Fast booth at the show, otherwise I would have kept on walking.  I'm very glad I stopped.  This little tool will now sit upfront in my chest pack, never to feel unloved. 

I watched a 10 second demonstration from Kim Lewis, who, with her husband Ron, own Tie-Fast.   I witnessed the easiest nail knot I've ever seen - Brilliant.  This simple, one-piece, stainless steel tool is 4 inches long and probably weighs less than your nippers (they do make a mini version of the tool that is paired with nippers).  You can also use it to tie your flies to your tippet (something I appreciate more and more as my eyes don't always want to see what I want them to look at) or make nail knot splices, or...  I'll tell you what, take a look at the video.  It's a real simple and short instructional video that Tie-Fast put together to show how easy it is.

 If it seems like I'm plugging this tool, its because it really works, far exceeding any expectation I ever had.  And at $6.99 you can't go wrong.

 I've already used this tool to tie my backing to my new fly line and my fly line to my mono leader.  It worked like a charm.

 If you don't have one, get one!  You can get one here. 

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