After many years of flyfishing you learn to tye alot of different knots,nailknot and bloodknot are 2 of the staple knots that most flyfishermen use. However as you grow old or the light fades the best knots are always the simple ones that you can tye with your eyes closed! These days I need 3.5x reading glasses just to thread the line through the eye of a fly,I need a telescope to tye a #20 griffonsnat on a 8x leader......

I have a good tip for others with this problem,I stole a needle threader from the wife's sewing kit,I slip the fly onto the threader and fish the line through it's loop and presto! then all you need is a good knot that you can tye with your eyes closed,improved clinch with a double surgeons for safety,afterall I tyed it with my eyes closed........
