Fishing Tackle: How to Tie a Fishing Hook?

If you ask a fisherman what they can’t buy for fishing, most of them may tell you that a good knot is one thing that they can’t buy. For beginners, learn to tie the fishing hooks is a basic work, but it is not easy at all, people should be careful and patient enough. As we all know, if you can’t tie a good knot, the fishing line and the hook will be separated easily when there is a fish on the hook. Then, how to tie some beautiful and strong knots.

1. Clinch knots

Clinch knot is one of the most common fishing knots when fishing. It provides a good method of securing a fishing line to a hook, lure, or swivel. Tying a clinch knot is simple:

1) Insert the end of the line through the eye of the hook;

2) Pull about 6 inches of line through and double it back against itself. Then wrap

the end of the line around the line (going back to the reel) four to six times.

3) Make the knot. Pass end of the line through the small loop formed just above

the eye, then through the big loop just created. Be careful that the coils don’t overlap.

4) Pull it tight. A little moisture here helps a lot. Wet it in your mouth to provide

some lubrication.

2. Palomar knots

Palomar knot is also a simple fishing knot, and it is best for use with braided fishing line and can looks pretty tricky. Here are the steps of tying a Palomar knots.

1) Double six inches of line and pass the doubled line through the eye of the

hook.

2) Tie a simple overhand knot in the doubled line, letting the hook hang loose.

Avoid twisting the lines.

3) Slide the doubled line under the hook and back up, above the eye of the hook.

4) Moisten and pull both ends of the line to draw up the knot. Trim excess.

3. Orvis knots

The Orvis knot is ideal for tying on rig clips, and snood clips. One good reason to use the Orvis Knot is that it is easy to control the length of the rig or leader. Tying such a knot is not hard.

1) Pass the end of the tippet through the eye of the hook, then round the tippet

and back through the loop that you have just made.

2) Take the tag end and wrap it round the second loop twice.

3) Lubricate and tighten the knot.

4) Finish by trimming the tag end.

Many beginners think tying the fishing hook is very hard and boring, but practice makes perfect. As long as you often do this job, it will be very easy for you, and you can even try some more complicated methods.

At the end of this article, I have to remind you that please be careful when you tie a fishing hook, it is very sharp and sometimes can be dangerous.