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Fishing Knots

All types of links to information about fishing knots you can use every day.

My Line Broke When I Set the Hook…
Does braided line break a lot when you use it? It could be the knot you are using or it could be how you set the hook!

Choosing a Fishing Knot
When people ask me which fishing knot to use I usually give them one of about three that I use. Here are the knots I use.

Fishing Knot Tying with Braided Line
There are hundreds of fishing knots, but only a handful that will work with braided line. Here are my preferences.

All Knotted Up
Have you ever hooked a fish, I mean a good fish, only to have your line apparently break just when you were about to land him? I have, and it is one of the most frustrating events a fisherman can experience. Most of the time when this happens, if you look at the end of the line carefully, you will find the line really did not break. Rather the...

Animated Knot Tying Program
Each program demonstrates how to tie knots via animation with front and back views of finished knot. Auto run or single step forward and backward. It's as easy as pointing and clicking.

Grant's Guide to Fishing Knots
Each knot dealt with in this book has its own definite and prescribed purpose. When properly tied, or formed, then worked or drawn up into shape, the knot can make all the difference between boating a big fish, or losing it.

Knot Tying Charts
Convenient and waterproof. You probably never knew there were so many knots.

Knots
Simple descriptions and graphics, "so the big ones won't get away".

LBF Knots
Nice illustrations for 25 common and not so common knots

The Fisherman's Knot Tying Tool
A tool that all Sport Fishermen can use to tie their favorite knots. Small and light enough to fit in your vest pocket, tackle box or hang from your clothing.

The Waterproof Book of Fishing Knots
Take this Australian book right along in your tackle box!

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