Fishing Knots Tying a Leader

Best Fishing Knots

Fishing Knots

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Albright Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Join different types or thickness of fishing line.

Arbor Knot - attaches fishing line to the Arbor or Spool Center

Used to attach the fishing line to the arbor or spool center.

Australian Braid Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Strong loop for double-line leader and loop-to-loop join.

Bimini Twist Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Strong double-line leader and for loop-to-loop connections.

Blood Knot - a favorite knot for fly fisherman

One of the best knots for joining two lines of similar size.

Davy Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Easy and fast tying knot for attaching a hook or fly.

Double Davy Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Secure, and fast tying knot for attaching a hook or fly.

Double Turle Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Simple knot used to tie a hook or fly to a leader.

Dropper Loop Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Creates a large loop in the middle of a line.

Egg Loop Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Attaches hook to leader and provides a hold for bait.

Securely joins braided line to leader

Improved Clinch Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Attaches a fishing line to a hook, lure, or swivel.

Nail Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Used to join two lines of different diameters.

Non Slip Mono Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Creates a very strong fixed loop in the end of a line.

Orvis Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Strong, small, light & reliable knot to attach a hook to a line.

Palomar Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Simple knot to attach a line to a hook, or a fly to a tippet.

Perfection Loop Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Small loop in end of a leader aligns with the standing end.

Rapala Knot - Best Fishing Knots

A non-slip loop knot usually tied directly to the lure.

San Diego Jam Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Attaches a hook to a line; retains line strength very well.

Slim Beauty Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Excellent for joining lines of different diameter or material.

Snell Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Allows the leader, or tippet, to be directly tied to a baited hook.

Surgeons Join Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Reliable way to join two lines of moderately unequal size.

Surgeons Loop Knot - Best Fishing Knots

End of line loop often used to make a loop-to-loop connection

Trilene Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Strong and reliable knot to join monofilament line to hooks.

Uni Knot - Best Fishing Knots

Used for Snelling, creating loops and end-to-end joins

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Welcome to Fishing Knots

Selection

These animated knots are primarily used for fishing, but some are useful in other applications.
The selection of knots is based on feedback and advice from many expert fishing contributors to this website. In this section the knots are listed in alphabetical order.

Fishing Knot Characteristics

Fishing knots are designed to be tied in monofilament or braided fishing line and to run through the eyes and rings of a fishing rod or rig. Fishing line is cheap. The emphasis, therefore, is on compactness and reliability with no interest in being able to untie them. Many fishing knots employ multiple, tightly wound turns. The structure of such knots changes under load – outer wraps are pulled into the knot and the inner line becomes outer wraps.

Fly Fishing Knots

This image shows one typical system for fly fishing. It shows examples of knots that can be used at each junction. The purpose of the tippet is to prolong the life of the leader by replacing it when enough has been lost through breakage, re-tying flies, or damage on snags. For more information, much more information, about Fly Fishing try Ted Thomas's article in Gray Wolf Life.

Lubricate, Tighten & Trim

Fishing knots are intended to be pulled extremely tight before use. To ensure the knot tightens smoothly, and to avoid generating heat, the knot should be moistened with water first. The most conveniently available source of water is saliva - which is probably used more than anything else! When available, a better lubricant is vegetable oil.

The ends of most fishing knots can, and should, be trimmed closely against the knot. The best tool for the purpose is a nail clipper.

Breaking Strain

Some words have already been written on the Safety page about knots weakening rope. Claimed breaking strength for some fishing knots is suspiciously high. Supposedly it varies with the number of turns used, and the number of turns is supposed to be adjusted to accord with the line diameter. It is worth remembering, testing shows that monofilament with a knot in its length breaks at about 50% of its ideal strength.

Ideal breaking strength is tested by winding each end around very large diameter drums. However, this is not the typical situation; in most cases fishing knots subject the line to sharp bends and kinks, which greatly reduces the breaking strain.

Therefore, in any knot where the line passes round itself, performance figures in excess of the 50 - 70 % range are best treated with critical skepticism. Testing your own line and your own knot with your own spring balance still provides you with the only data you can truly trust.

The only well-documented method of tying knots in monofilament and maintaining its strength involves threading the monofilament inside a dacron braid. The report claims that with this technique breaking strains of 90% of the ideal were achieved.

The two knots which claim very high breaking strains are the Bimini Twist and the Australian Braid

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Fishing Knots Tying a Leader

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