FISHING KNOT BASICS
- Choose the right fishing knot and tie it correctly.
- Lubricate knots with water or saliva before drawing tight.
- Draw knots as tight as possible.
- Trim tag ends close to the knot.
- Fish often!
- Take a kid fishing!
| Albright Special | Join two fishing lines of unequal size or material. | Arbor Knot | Tie your fishing line to the spool or reel. | |||
| Baja Knot | Tie a hook to heavy fishing line. | Bimini Twist | Create a double line to connect hook, lure or leader. | |||
| Blood Knot | Join line together. | Double Uni Knot | Join line together - easy knot. | |||
| Drop Shot Rig | Finesse fishing method | Dropper Loop | Create a loop anywhere on a line. | |||
| Egg Loop | Attach egg cluster to a hook. | Eye Crosser Knot | Tie a line to a hook - Knot Wars Winner knot. | |||
| Fish-N-Fool Knot | Knot Wars winning terminal tackle knot. | Hook Removal Advance and Cut | How to remove a hook from skin. | |||
| Hook Removal - String Yank | How to remove a hook from skin. | Improved Clinch | Tie a line to a hook - most popular fishing knot. | |||
| J Knot | A strong leader to line knot | Knotless Knot | A popular carp fishing rig. | |||
| Nail Knot | Join fly line to leader. | Non Slip Loop Knot | Tie a lure or fly to a line with a non slip loop. | |||
| Offshore Swivel Knot | Attach a swivel to a doubled line. | Orvis Knot | Attach a fly or hook to a line. | |||
| Palomar Knot | Tie a hook to a line - best braided line knot. | Perfection Loop | Tie a loop at the end of a fishing line. | |||
| Rapala Knot | Tie a lure or fly to a line with a non slip loop. | San Diego Jam Knot | A reliable knot for braided line or monofilament. | |||
| Seaguar Knot | Tie a lure or fly to a line with a non slip loop. | Slim Beauty Knot | Join leader to line. | |||
| Snell Knot - Uni Version | Tie line to hook with uni knot | Snell Knot - Traditional | Tie line to hook. | |||
| Surgeon’s End Loop | Create a loop anywhere on a line. | Surgeon’s Knot | Easy method of tying two lines together. | |||
| Trilene Knot | Tie a line to a hook or lure. | Uni Knot | Easy method to tie a line to a hook. | |||
| World’s Fair Knot | Tie a line to a hook. | Yucatan Knot | Join Leader to line |
| Line To Line Knots | |||||
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| Albright Special | Join two fishing lines of unequal size or material. | Blood Knot | Join line together. | ||
| Double Uni Knot | Join line together - easy knot. | J Knot | A strong leader to line knot | ||
| Nail Knot | Join fly line to leader. | Seaguar Knot | Join fluorocarbon line to monofilament line | ||
| Slim Beauty Knot | Join leader to line. | Surgeon’s Knot | Easy method of tying two lines together. | ||
| Yucatan Knot | Join leader to line - best mono to braid knot. | ||||
| Loop Knots | |||||
| Bimini Twist | Create a double line to connect hook, lure or leader. | Dropper Loop | Create a loop anywhere on a line. | ||
| Non Slip Loop Knot | Tie a lure of fly to a line with a non slip loop. | Perfection Loop | Tie a loop at the end of a fishing line. | ||
| Surgeon’s End Loop | .Tie a non slip loop at the end of a line. | |
Rapala Knot | Tie a lure or fly to a line with a non slip loop. | |
| Terminal Connections | |||||
| Arbor Knot | Tie your fishing line to the spool or reel. | Eye Crosser Knot | .Tie a line to a hook - Knot Wars Winner knot | ||
| Fish N Fool Knot | Knot Wars winning terminal tackle knot. | Improved Clinch | Tie a line to a hook - most popular fishing knot. | ||
| Knotless Knot | A popular carp fishing rig. | Offshore Swivel Knot | Attach a swivel to a doubled line | ||
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Attach a fly or lure to a line. |
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Tie a hook to a line - best braided line knot. |
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A reliable knot for braided line or monofilament. |
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Tie line to hook with uni knot |
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Tie line to hook. |
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Tie a line to a hook or lure. |
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Easy method to tie a line to a hook. |
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Tie a line to a hook. |
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Tie a hook to heavy fishing line. |
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| Miscellaneous | |||||
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How to remove a hook from skin. |
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How to remove a hook from skin. |
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Finesse fishing method |
Egg Loop | Attach egg cluster to a hook. | ||
| Join Two Lines Together | ||
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| -- Join lines of similar diameter and material | Blood Knot, Double Uni Knot, J Knot | |
| - Join lines of unequal size Surgeon's Knot, | Nail Knot,Albright Special , Surgeon’s Knot,Slim Beauty Knot, Seaguar Knot, Yucatan Knot | |
| - Tie a leader to a line | Albright Special, Blood Knot, Double Uni Knot, J Knot,Nail Knot, Surgeon’s Knot, Slim Beauty Knot, Yucatan Knot | |
| -Join fly line to backing | Albright Special | |
| - Join fly line to leader | Nail Knot | |
| Make a Loop in a Line | ||
| - Make a loop at the end of a line | Surgeon’s End Loop, Perfection Loop, Bimini Twist | |
| - Make a loop in the middle of a line | Dropper Loop | |
| - Tie a lure to a line with a loop | Rapala Knot, Non Slip Mono Loop Knot | |
| Attach a Hook, Fly or Lure to a Line | ||
| - Top three most popular | IImproved Clinch, Palomar Knot, Uni Knot | |
| Double line knots | Palomar Knot, Eye Crosser Knot, Fish-N-Fool Knot, San Diego Jam Knot | |
| - Attach eggs or roe to a hook | Egg Loop | |
| - Snell a hook | Snell Knot - Traditional, Snell Knot - Uni Version | |
| - Contest Winners | Orvis Knot, Fish-N-Fool Knot, World’s Fair Knot | |
| - Braided line knots | Palomar Knot, San Diego Jam Knot | |
| - Carp fishing knot | Knotless Knot | |
| - Suspend a bait off the bottom | Drop Shot Rig | |
| Miscellenous | ||
| - Attach line to a reel | Arbor Knot | |
| - Remove a hook from flesh | Hook Removal Advance and Cut, Hook Removal - String Yank | |




