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This article describes the strongest fishing knots for hooks and leasheswhich can be applied in various situations. In your comments, you can leave feedback regarding certain knots, as well as leave your recommendations on the technique of knitting various fishing lines.
Knots for connecting lines
To connect two fishing lines, you can use one of the proposed methods:
water node
Easy to knit, quite reliable and famous for a long time. It is used for tying two fishing lines, as well as attaching leashes. Known since 1425, which indicates its suitability.
Improved clinch knot
Used to attach a hook (with a ring) and a leash, in turn, a swivel with a fishing line. As a rule, monofilaments with a diameter of up to 0,4 mm are connected through this knot. The continuity of the connection reaches a value of 95%, but the strength drops if the knot is knitted on a thick wire.
Knots for fluorocarbon
Double Loop Junction (loop to loop)
This is the classic way of attaching the leader to the main line. Recently, fluorocarbon leashes have been used primarily.
blood knot
Able to securely connect 2 fishing lines, which has a different diameter. Differences in diameter can reach up to 40%, while the connection retains its strength by 90%.
Knot double sliding “Grinner” (Double grinner knot)
Designed for tying braids and monofilament fishing line, which have differences in caliber up to 1/5.
Albright knot
In addition, it is suitable for reliable connection of fishing lines with different diameters. A knot that is more complex in knitting technique, but comes out very compressed and easily passes through the guide rings.
How to tie two fishing lines. Knot “Albright” (ALBRIGHT KNOT) HD
Knots for shock leader
shock leader – is a piece of fishing line, large diameter, the length of which is about 8-11 meters. This segment has increased strength due to the large diameter, so special knots are used for its fastening.
This connection point is best fixed with a drop of superglue. This will not only strengthen the connection, but also make it easier to pass it through the guides of the rod. In the process of fishing, you should control the location of the node: it must be constantly below, so that when casting, the fishing line does not cling to it.
“Carrot” (Mahin knot)
It has a small compact size, and with its help you can tie several monofilaments and a shock leader from the same fishing line.
Knot “Albright Special”
Refers to a series of simple knots, but securely connecting the main line to the shock leader. You can see it in the video above.
Blood knot
It is used when tying woods that differ in thickness by no more than two times. The reliability of the connection is 90% of the strength of the fishing line.
Knots for tying a hook
Knot “Palomar”
Almost all fishermen know. Its purpose is to attach swivels to the main line, as well as to connect twisters with hooks that have ears. Unfortunately, his knitting requires that the fishing line be folded in half, and this increases the overall dimensions of the knot.
“Crawford” knot
Very often used for tying hooks with ears, since the strength of the knot reaches 93% of the strength of the fishing line. It can be used on any fishing line (braided or monofilament), where it shows excellent strength results, and knitting it is quite simple.
“Bayonet” knot
Fits well on a monofilament fishing line, but it is not recommended to use it on a braided line.
“Fishing Eight” and “Canadian Eight”
They have good reliability when attaching a hook with an eye. If desired, such knots can be easily untied.
“Catching” knot (Clinch)
Perfect for connecting a braided fishing line and a hook made of thin wire. At the same time, this knot is not recommended for use on thick wire, including for fastening the winding ring.
Node “Step”
Designed to tie hooks with a spatula, not an eye. Hooks with a spatula have an increased strength, as they are created using forging methods. The reliability of such a knot is quite high, and corresponds to the stability of the fishing line itself (that is, 100%).
Узел «Twisted Dropper Loop»
With it, you can tie the hook to the main line at any point, but before that you need to form a loop on the line. It is often used in sea fishing, when you need to very often change one hook to another or the bait of one type to the bait of another.
Centauri Knot
It does not affect the strength of the fishing line, therefore it does not reduce the reliability of the connection.
«Hangman’s Knot»
It is one of the most reliable knots in terms of strength.
«Scaffold Knot»
Refers to marine knots, where you need to tie hooks to a fairly dense fishing line.
«Snelling A Hook»
A rather complicated knot, but it is reliable and durable and is designed purely for crocheting to fishing line.
“Turtle” knot
Easy to knit but has good strength when crocheted with eyelet hooks. Perfect for drop shot rigs.
Knots for spinning baits
A hook knot that does not tie the line around the shank is great for attaching spinning baits. These include:
- node “Palomar”;
- “Step Knot”;
- cape method;
- “Crawford” knot;
- double “clinch” and “clinch” gripping;
- узел «Twisted Dropper Loop»;
- knot “Scaffold Knot”;
- “Shark” knot.
All of these nodes are described in detail earlier in this article.
Other types of knots for spinning baits
Double “stevedoring”
The knot has a reliability of about 100% and will firmly hold any bait on the main line.
“Eight”
The simplest knot with which a loop is formed, to which you can easily and quickly attach any bait. This method of attachment allows you to change the bait in a short time.
“Uni-Knot” knot
Strong enough and reliable and not difficult to tie.
Many of the nodes presented in this article are quite multifunctional. This suggests that they can be used in various situations and on various gear. In addition, many of them are very easy to knit and, in order to master the knitting of such knots, a few workouts are enough.