[tunarado]

I have been fiddeling with this knot for about an hour now. I find that the way you pass the tag through the eye hoops and then the back end hoops is important. The line needs to have that extra half twist to come out clean. I found if I go through the hoops at the eye from the back side and then go thorugh the hoops the opposite direction it does not bunch up right. If you go the same direction as your finger it cinches much better and cleaner. Like you said use the tag end to first bunch up the twists and then tighten the main line pulling the knot down towards the hook resutling in that funky hoop sticking out the end of the knot. Then when you tighten the main line that hoop pulls tight and makes for a sexy looking knot.