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2. Nail knot - Wikipedia

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   Today, it is easier to use a small straw. The nail knot is an important fishing knot used to join two lines of different diameters and allows for line diameters to diminish down to the fly. I.E., it is useful for attaching your backing to the fly line, and your fly line to the leader, or tippet.

3. A.K. Best - Wikipedia

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   Best spent much time developing flies and fly tying tools with the Orvis company. He was a custom contract tyer for the company. [1] [15] The work included writing testimonials and articles on his flies, and designing a vise used to hold flies in the creation process, as well as other fly tying tools. Best's testimonials for the Orvis fly tying ...

4. International Guild of Knot Tyers - Wikipedia

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   This involves tying six basic knots – reef knot, sheet bend, sheepshank, clove hitch, round turn and two half-hitches and bowline – against the clock. The authenticated world record is 8.1 seconds, set by Clinton R. Bailey, Sr. in 1977. [ 8 ]

5. Siberian hitch - Wikipedia

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   The Siberian hitch (or Evenk knot) is a hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object. It is a type of slipped figure-eight noose. The hitch is known for having a tying method suitable even while wearing heavy gloves or mittens in cold climates. As a slipped knot it can be released simply by pulling the working end of the rope.

6. Farmer's loop - Wikipedia

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   As a midline loop knot made with a bight, it is related to several other similar knots, including the alpine butterfly knot and artillery loop. If pulled with one hand holding one end, the other hand holding the start side of the loop that is the continuation of the same end, [ clarification needed ] before tightening the knot of the loop, it ...

7. List of knot terminology - Wikipedia

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   One of the fundamental structures used to tie knots. Specifically, it is a U-form narrower than a bight. [17] A type of knot used to create a closed circle in a line. A loop is one of the fundamental structures used to tie knots. It is a full circle formed by passing the working end of a rope over itself.