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The snell knot is a hitch knot used in angling to attach a fishing line to the shank (instead of the eye) of a fishing hook. The line may still pass through the eye of the hook, but primarily fastens to the shaft. Hooks tied with a snell knot provide an even, straight-line pull to the fish.
Most hook eyes are directly knotted to the fishing line and are responsible for relaying the pulling force from the line onto the hook body, but sometimes the line is passed cleanly through the eye and tied directly onto the shank instead of onto the eye loop — this is known as a snell knot or "snelling", and the eye does not take part in ...
Snell knot – a hitch knot used to attach an eyed fishing hook to fishing line; Snuggle hitch – a modification of the clove hitch; Span loop – non-jamming loop that can be tied in the middle of a rope; Spanish bowline – double loop knot; Splice – the forming of a semi-permanent joint between two ropes
Snagging chinook salmon. Snagging, also known as snag fishing, snatching, snatch fishing, jagging (Australia), or foul hooking, is a fishing technique for catching fish that uses sharp grappling hooks tethered to a fishing line to externally pierce (i.e. "snag") into the flesh of nearby fish, without needing the fish to swallow any hook with its mouth like in angling.
Snell knot: A hitch knot used to attach an eyed fishing hook to fishing line. Snuggle hitch: A modification of the clove hitch: Taut-line hitch: An adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension. Tensionless hitch: An anchor knot used for rappelling or rope rescue. Timber hitch: A knot used to attach a single length of rope to a ...
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