Fishing Knots - The Weakest Point
In The Line
The recommended knot for tying the backing to the fly reel is the Arbor Knot. This is a simple three step knot.
The Albright Knot or the Nail Knot is used to tie the backing to the fly line. These are knots that use loops to stay tight once they are tied.
The Surgeon's Loop, the Perfection Loop, or the Kreh Loop (Non-Slip Mono Loop) is used to make loops in the butt end of the leader. These are multi-layered loops that end up tied tightly in a knot with one single loop at the end.
A Blood Knot, a Surgeon's Knot, or Duncan Loop (Uni-Knot) is used to tie the line to the end of the tippet. These types of knots give a secure grip where they are tied using many loops or layers of the line.
When it comes to actually attaching the fly, there are many fishing knots that can be used. It is quite common to see the Kreh Loop or Duncan Loop used.
However, the Rapala Loop, the Trilene Knot, and the Palomar Knot are other popular options.
The Trilene Knot is known to be the best knot for Berkley's Monofilament. However, the Trilene Knot existed well before the monofilament existed.
Any of these knots have quite a few steps before they are completely tied. There are many sites on the Internet that show a simple picture of a tied knot or a knot right before it is tightened with some arrows pointing where the line goes or is pulled. However, those can be quite difficult to follow as there are no concrete instructions.
These can be quite hard to find. However, there is now available a resource that has all the knots you will ever need for tying, and you also get full illustrations and instructions, oh, did i mention that they are FREE.
They also do waterproof plastic cards, this means that you can take the cards with you when you go fishing and find any knot you may need to tie and not worry about getting them wet.
This is a great resource reference for all the knots you will need and fits easily in your fly fishing vest pocket, it also folds out to a 12 inch ruler, further more, there is also saltwater fishing knot cards and much more.
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