Thanks guys for the comments. Sorry, I should have specified the knot I am concerned with joins the tippet to the fly. Given that clarification, any additional comments are appreciated. Oh, not sure what is meant by "long lining", but I tend to make long cast and cast mostly streamers, if that matters.

During my quest, I have bookmarked a few web sites on knots. No so sure if they have been helpful or just added to my confusion? Not hard to do...Hee...Hee...

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfi...matedknots.com

http://www.orvis.com/orvis_assets/files/index.html

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-ti...p-265833/view/