I rarely use the blood knot. There is 
one condition in which I use this knot; when both ends of the leaders you want to tie together are tied to something else. For example, one end of the leader is hooked to the fly line and the other end already has two flies and split shot. The double surgeons knot would require you to pull the terminal end of the rig’s flies and weights through a small loop twice. 
Tying the blood knot avoids this hassle.
The blood knot is tied by wrapping one leader around the other 4 or 5 times and bringing the end back up through where the two originally came together. Then, wrap the other leader around the first 4 or 5 times and bring it back through where the two come together but in the opposite direction from the first. Or, just wrap the two leaders together 8 to 10 times. Pull the two lines slightly apart in the middle and run one end up through the hole and run the other
end down through the hole. Add saliva and pull tight. Trim the tag ends or use one for a dropper.
one condition in which I use this knot; when both ends of the leaders you want to tie together are tied to something else. For example, one end of the leader is hooked to the fly line and the other end already has two flies and split shot. The double surgeons knot would require you to pull the terminal end of the rig’s flies and weights through a small loop twice. 
Tying the blood knot avoids this hassle.The blood knot is tied by wrapping one leader around the other 4 or 5 times and bringing the end back up through where the two originally came together. Then, wrap the other leader around the first 4 or 5 times and bring it back through where the two come together but in the opposite direction from the first. Or, just wrap the two leaders together 8 to 10 times. Pull the two lines slightly apart in the middle and run one end up through the hole and run the other
end down through the hole. Add saliva and pull tight. Trim the tag ends or use one for a dropper.
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