You can use many knots to tie tackle to your fishing line, but not all of them are created equal. According to the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, an ordinary overhand knot weakens your line strength by 50 percent. Using such a knot on your hook could result in you having to tell your friends about the one that got away instead of the one you caught. When learning to tie a knot, the "tag end" refers to the open end of the line and the "standing end" refers to the line coming from the reel.
Improved Clinch Knot
Step 1
Pull out around 1 foot of line to tie your knot with. Thread the tag end of the line through the eye of the hook or tackle you will be tying it too. As you pull the line through the eye of the hook, wrap it around the standing line five times.
Step 2
Fold the tag end back toward the eye of the hook so a large loop is created over where you just wrapped the line. Feed the tag end of the line through the small loop that was created just above the hook eye when you wrapped the line around five times.
Step 3
Pass the tag end of the line through the center of the large loop that was created when you folded the line back over itself. Wet the knot with your saliva or water. Gently pull on the tag end of the line to cinch the coils against the eye. Tighten the knot completely and cut off the tag end as close as possible to the knot when finished.
Dropper Loop
Step 1
Wrap the tag end of the line over the standing end of the line so they cross in the location where you would like to create a loop in the line. Pinch the crossing point of the loop with one hand and then pull down the standing line behind the loop with the other so it touches the loop.
Step 2
Wrap the standing line around the side of the loop once and pull it up. Note the small hole that is created between the standing line and the loop line. Turn the standing line around the loop line four more times, keeping the small hole open the entire time.
Step 3
Lift the bottom of the large loop up through the small hole. Wet the knot and then pull on the tag end and standing end simultaneously to cinch it in place.
Things You'll Need
- Fishing tackle
- Nail clippers
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