Professional Anglers Association| Sea Fishing Knots: - Useful knots when Sea Fishing
Arbour Knot The Arbour Knot provides the angler with a quick, easy and secure way of attaching line to the reel spool. |
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| 2. Tie an overhand knot around the standing line. Then tie a second overhand knot in the tag end. | 3. Pill tight the second knot and snip off excess line. Wet line and first knot with spittle then snug down onto the spool. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Pass line around reel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Palomar Knot
The Palomar Knot is a general purpose knot for attaching line to swivels, snaps, hooks and artificial lures. The double wrap of line through eyelet provides a protective cushion for added knot strength. |
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| 1. Double line, forming a loop of three or four inches long. Pass the loop through hook's eye | 2. Holding the standing line between thumb and finger, form a simple overhand knot with the loop. | 3. Pass the hook through the loop and draw knot tight while guiding loop over eyelet. | 4. Wet knot with spittle and tighten knot snugly. Trim tag end to about 1/4" long | |||||||||||||||||
| The Uni or Grinner knot
Is a safe, strong and very neat knot with the tag end lying parallel to main line |
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| 1. Pass line through eye of hook or swivel at least 6 inches. Then form a loop with tag end as shown. | 2. Hold the loop and eye between forefinger and thumb. Take the tag end through the loop at least 5 times trapping the main line. | 3. Carefully pull the tag end loosely tightening the knot. Then snuggle the coils together and moisten. | 4. Finally pull knot tight and ensure firmly against eye. Trim tag end close to last coil. This knot will not slip and only tighten with more pressure. | |||||||||||||||||
| The Trilene knot
This knot is a strong, reliable knot that resists slippage. It can be used to join line to anything having an eye. The double wrap design gives a strong and dependable connection. |
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| 1. Pass line through eye of hook or swivel at least 6 inches. Then form a double loop through eye as shown. | 2. Loop tag end over standing line as shown 5 or 6 times. Then thread tag end back through first loop. | 3. Moisten knot and carefully tighten with an even motion. Trim tag end to about 1/4" | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Dropper knot
This is a good knot for creating one or more loops in a leader (or main line) for attaching hooks, jigs or a sinker. |
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| 1. Form a 6" -8"loop with your line. | 2. With the loop "open" hold both ends of the loop and mainline together as shown. With a little dexterity, twist one half of the crossed line between your thumbs around itself about 6 times. | 3. Open the centre twist to form a hole, reach through and pull the centre of the loop through the hole. | 4. Hold the centre tongue of the loop loosely with your teeth (be careful not to bite the line), at the same time pull both ends of the main line to begin to tighten the knot.
While the knot is half tightened, centre the coils and loop. Moisten well and pull tight. |
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