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Dropper Loop
The Dropper Loop is primarily used for
making rigs where you want the lead weight to be on the very bottom of the rig. A proper Dropper Loop should NOT be too long or it will twist and foul during the cast. This is not the strongest knot in the world but properly tied and carefully seated it can hold up to most fish. The biggest fish I've caught on a rig using a home tied Dropper Loop is +45 pounds. |
| 1. First, form a simple loop in the line.
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| 2. Pull one side of the loop down and begin taking turns with it around the standing line. Keep point where turns are made open so turns gather equally on each side.
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| 3. After six to eight turns, reach through center opening and pull remaining loop through. Keep finger in this loop or place loop over a nail or dowel so it will not spring back.
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| 4. Hold loop with teeth (bad) or over a nail or dowel and slowly pull both ends of line, making turns gather evenly on either side of loop.
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| 5. Set knot by pulling lines as tightly as possible. The loop should stand out perpendicular to line.
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Lou's Loop or Homer Rhode Loop Knot
I use this knot for attaching lures, since it allows the lure to swim naturally. It should end up being about the same size as 75 or 90 pound snap. |
1. Tie an overhand knot in the fishing line a few inches above the end but don't snug it up. After passing the end of the line through the eye of the lure, push the end back through the opening of the overhand knot.
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| 2. Tie another overhand knot above the first, making sure to tie the knot around the line. Finally, snug the overhand knots together.
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Perfection Loop
A Flyfisherman's knot, the prefection loop knot is used at the ends of the leader belly and the tippet.
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| 1. Double the end of the leader belly forming a loop about 6 inches long. Form a smaller loop about 2-inches from the end of the leader belly so that the smaller loop is behind the doubled line.
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| 2.With the larger loop, make a wrap around the smaller loop and pass the end of the larger loop through the smaller one.
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| 3. Wet the knot area and firmly pull the larger loop. Be sure the wraps tighten evenly. Trim excess.
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| 4. To connect the perfection loops, pass the tippet loop over the leader belly loop, then pass the fly through the leader belly loop.
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Albright - Blood - Crawford - Dropper Loop - Homer Rhode Loop - Palomar
Perfection Loop - Snell - Spider Hitch - Surgeon's - Trilene® - UniKnot |
