I almost exclusively use a nonslip loop knot with steamers and have used a lot with tapered leaders down to 5x with no issue other than if I don't seat the knot correctly or catch a larger fish or tree than the tippet can handle (esp if there are nicks in the line - if I'm lazy and only tested the streamer i don't change leader or cut back a perfectly good one even though I know I should). I even have used for a "wee" dry fly in 4x in New Zealand - tied by the guide the knot was a thing of beauty. The tiny loop was perhaps the only way the wee dry would have floated correctly with the "rope" we were using - so thick the guide had to cut the tippet at an angle to thread through the hook eye. I know some twins in Argentina one of whom uses the non slip loop knot and the other the perfection loop to tie on streamers. To each his own but I will not abandon a loop knot for a streamer. I am a strong proponent and work on tying with as small a loop as possible.
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