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Knots and Connections
A knot has one job and a surprisingly large number of ways to fail it. These are the knot profiles, connection choices and comparisons for figuring out what belongs between the two things you are trying to keep attached.
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How to Tie the Double Davy Knot for Bigger Flies
The Double Davy is a Davy with one more pass through the loop, and that pass is what a hopper-sized fly asks for. Keep both passes in one lump and pull-test it before the fly sees water.
How to Tie the Easy Snell Knot: Keeping the Hook in Line With the Pull
A snell moves the load off the eye and onto the shank, which is most of what a circle hook wants. The Easy Snell gets there with no tool, as long as that last pass goes back through the eye the right way.
How to Tie the Egg Loop Knot (a Snell That Keeps Roe On)
The egg loop snells your leader to an egg hook and leaves a loop that pins roe or yarn to the shank. Six steps, and how to tell the loop came out right.
How to Tie the Eye Crosser Knot: Plan B for Braid
The Eye Crosser runs braid through the eye twice before the tag locks it down. It’s for hardware a Palomar won’t work with, and the first check happens before any line goes in.
How to Tie the Fish N Fool Knot: A Uni That Goes Through the Eye Twice
The Fish N Fool is a Uni with one extra trip through the eye. On light braid and a roomy eye, that second strand earns its keep. On small hardware it won’t even fit.
FG vs Alberto vs Double Uni vs Albright Comes Down to Where the Knot Lives
Braid-to-leader is four problems wearing the same jacket. Whether the knot crosses your guides matters more than any strength chart, and so does whether you can rebuild it with cold hands.
How to Tie the Blood Knot and Build Your Own Leaders
The Blood Knot wants two lines close in diameter and two barrels that mirror each other. Push the mismatch past a couple of X sizes and no number of extra turns will save it.
How to Tie the Double Uni Knot When Your Hands Are Cold
Two Uni knots slid together join braid, mono or fluoro to a leader. It leaves a lump at the join, but it still comes out right in bad light with fingers that quit an hour ago.
How to Tie the FG Knot
The FG isn’t a hand routine. It’s braid woven tight around a straight leader and then locked, and when one slips, the fix is almost always tension earlier, not more wraps.
How to Tie the Non-Slip Loop (Kreh Loop) So It Stays a Loop
A Kreh Loop is there to stay open so the fly or lure can swing free. Bring the tag back through the overhand on the wrong side and it quietly quits doing that.