What's your favorite knot?
Your Favorite?
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Truckers hitch (Waggoners hitch) is very cool. My dad was a master at it, and always amazed this young lad when he tied them. I never really mastered it.
Surgeons loop is my go-to knot for fishing and lots of other things. I never saw the point in all those fancy fishing knots like some guys. I usually use the surgeons loop as a form of truckers hitch. Works great, and offers the same leverage advantage, but does not untie so easily when unloading.
The Boy Scouts publish some handy guides/cards/booklets.
Surgeons loop is my go-to knot for fishing and lots of other things. I never saw the point in all those fancy fishing knots like some guys. I usually use the surgeons loop as a form of truckers hitch. Works great, and offers the same leverage advantage, but does not untie so easily when unloading.
The Boy Scouts publish some handy guides/cards/booklets.
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Palomar knot. Quick & easy for tying baits
I'll have to look up the nail knot. Thx DH... er, Nathan.
I'll have to look up the nail knot. Thx DH... er, Nathan.
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I use the Palomar for attaching almost all jigs/hooks etc when out on the ocean. I do the jam not from time to time on the salt, but it's all I use for fly fishing. The nail knot I picked up out of need when connecting a leader to a fly line that doesn't have a welded loop on the end. There are a lot of "tools" that come with instructions on the nail knot. It definitely takes a couple practice knots to keep it straight and together as you tighten it, but it is a very secure knot and goes through the guides fairly easily.
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Always intrigued by the bowline. Always remembered the directions about the rabbit coming out of his hole, round the tree, and back down the hole.
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Do you guys still use the fireman's chair knot for rescues? I've always been a fan of the sheep shank knot, another version even though I don't ever use it when shortening lengths.
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I learned it, never used it. But I'm sure someone does somewhere.
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