"Duncan loop" AKA "Uni loop" / Uni knots

Walter & Group.....

Let's, brieflly, insert a new topic while awaiting more answers on the last Quiz :-

Mack Martin asks:

Gordy:

 

With such a smart group of folks that are associated with the study group, I would be interested to hear their opinions on the difference between the Duncan loop and the Uni-knot. (Another mini-quiz)

 

We have always taught that the Duncan loop is a fixed loop knot and the Uni-knot is a slip loop knot. Both knots are tied in a very similar fashion but they are different knots. Moreover, literature on the subject is conflicting from what I can see.

 

What is your opinion on the matter?

 

Regards....

M. A. (Mack) Martin Jr.

Manager/CCI - Atlanta Fly Fishing School

http://www.atlantaflyfishingschool.com/

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Let's have some answers from you Group members before I come up with the one I sent to Mack.

Gordy

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This, with permission, from our Group Poet Laureate, Jerry Puckett:

Gordy:

 

Thought I would share this with you, been teaching at the Boat Show and giving casting demonstrations.  This is what makes it worth while!  Jerry

 

           LITTLE SUNFLOWER

Six years old, quite, reserved, unblemished youth,

Excited blue eyes, warm smile, this young girl

Filled with wonder, ask if she could learn to cast

(Salt Lake City Boat Show, Feb. 20, 2008).

So we begin the adventure, hopefully a journey.

With the coordination of a song bird singing she

Draws deep breaths of youth in challenge and

Soon, with a little guiding, executes a child

Perfect overhead pick-up and lay down cast.

When I tell her we are ready to go fishing she

Lights up with emerald glow, animated, a child

Filled with petal delight.

As I am talking to her grateful parents I become

Aware of a soft touch encircling my legs; I look

Down and this little flower has her arms wrapped

Around my legs with her head resting on my thigh,

Looking up she softly states, “Thank You for

Teaching me.”

I stoop to her level and return her gift telling her

How much I love a hug, and thank you for caring!

Wondrous loving child I think, heart melting, we

Linger and chat for a brief moment, I searching

My subliminal heart for words, unable to express

How deeply I am moved and touched.

I pray a silent prayer for God to guide and protect

This child of budding love and life care, and for

Letting me live to enjoy the hug of a warm loving

Child. I think I understand how the sunflower

Opens it's heart!

            Copyright and Written

            By: Gerald L. Puckett

            February 23, 2008