Practical fishing knots
By: Geoffrey Budworth
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781602399938
Subjects: Fishing knots
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A knotting history; title: Fishing lines, old and new; title: Knot names; title: Terms and techniques; title: Knot tying tips; title: Section 1: knots for arbors, connectors, hooks, and lures; title: Arbor knot; title: Crawford knot; title: Non-slip mono knot; title: Rapala knot; title: Jansik special; title: World's fair knot; title: Palomar knot; title: Triple palomar knot; title: Clinch knot; title: Clinch on shank; title: Double clinch knot; title: Improved clinch knot; title: Improved double clinch knot; title: Swivel knot; title: Hook or swivel braid knot; title: Lock knot; title: Domhof knot; title: Quick snell knot; title: Silly snell; title: Basic snell; title: Improved basic snell; title: Section 2: fixed loops for leader systems; title: Angler's loop; title: Bimini twist; title: Plaited or braided loop; title: Surgeon's loop #1; title: Surgeon's loop #2; title: Figure-of-eight loop; title: Trombone loop; title: Blood knot loop; title: Section 3: knots for joining lines; title: Water knot; title: Surgeon's knot; title: Blood knot, direct; title: Blood knot, indirect; title: Linfit knot; title: Double fisherman's knot; title: Triple fisherman's knot; title: Albright knot; title: Interlocked loops; title: Plaited interlocked loops; title: Plaited or braided splice; title: Section 4: knots for fly fishing; title: Specialist fly knot; title: Trilene knot; title: Improved trilene knot; title: Turle knot; title: Two-turn turle knot; title: Turle knots (reinforced); title: Nail knot; title: Emergency nail knot; title: Asymmetrical nail knot; title: Conjoined twin nail knots; title: Nail knot loop; title: A pair of nail knots; title: Needle knot; title: Needle knot loop; title: Blood loop dropper knot; title: Alpine butterfly loop; title: Linfit loop; title: Section 5: mavericks and mutations; title: Berkley braid knot; title: Cat's paw; title: Haywire twist; title: Big game loop; title: Torus knot; title: Improved blood knot; title: Mono to braid knot; title: Leader to wire leader knot; title: Huffnagle knot; title: Ligature knot; title: Tandem hook knot; title: Knotless knot.