Knots

Handshake connection to attach a leader to fly line.
Do it the correct way!
Perfection loop -

How to Tie a Perfection Loop Knot. A great loop knot for fishing

The Surgeon Loop is a great and easy knot to tie. A simple strong knot to create a loop in fishing line.

This Non Slip Mono Loop is the knot I use the most for attaching flies or lures. It is super strong and allow for a lot more movement when compared to a clinch knot.

Fishing Knot attaching tippet to a leader. The Double Surgeon Knot is a very east fishing knot for attaching two lines. I use thing knot for attaching tippet to my leader.

How to Tie a Perfection Loop Knot. The perfection loop knot is one of the best fishing knots to learn. You can use it any time you need a solid sturdy loop off a main line.

The Perfection Loop is an amazing knot for making loops on monofilament fishing line or nylon leader. It is strong, and makes a beautiful knot! Its small, and goes through guides pretty easily.

In this episode of "From Vise to Water," I discuss the nail knot used when connecting both leaders and backing to a fly line.

This knot makes it easy to create dropper loops to add multiple hooks or a weight to a rig. I use this often for live or dead bait fishing where I put the weight at the loop.

Detailed instructions on how to build a 10 foot, 4X tapered leader.

The Palomar knot is a strong but small fishing knot, great for big game fish that pull hard.

The triple surgeons knot is probably one of the easiest knots to connect your tippet to your leader. Its also quite strong. While not quite 100%, it will do the trick.

The duncan loop (also called grinner knot) is a great knot for attaching flies or fishing lures to your monofilament or fluorocarbon line when you want more movement.

The blood knot is one of the most commonly used and effective knots to tie two pieces of line together. Mostly used by fly fishermen when they are attaching tippet to their tapered leader.

Matthew Supinski of Gray Drake Lodge and Outfitters in Newaygo, Michigan takes us to a local, lesser known spring creek and shows us his double Duncan loop.

This is the knot used to tie Catskill flies to the tip.

Simple, Fast and Strong. The Davy Knot is attributed to Davy Wotton, a British Fly Fishing pro.

After years of seeing knots that either were so bulky they had a hard time going through the guides or worse they failed causing the loss of a good fish, I found a way to jam the fly line core up a