Fishing Knots

Going fishing?

Want to know how to tie a fishing knot?

Well there’s a simple way and a hard way.

The simple way is to learn one knot and use it until you’ve learned the basics.

The hard way is to bog yourself down with lots of different fishing knots and forget them all.

If you’ve never been fishing before then it’s best to start with one knot and stick with it until you’ve mastered it. After that you can move on to other variations that have other applications and benefits.

The Best Fishing Knot for Beginners

By far the the most widely used and easiest to tie knot for people new to fishing is the Improved Clinch Knot aka the Trilene Knot aka a Cinch Knot. With rope this knot would be referred to as a noose.

It’s widely regarded as a very secure knot that easily attaches to a hook, lure or swivel.

The Improved Clinch Knot

When it comes to tying

Double Palomar Knot

Rapala Knot

Clinch Knot (Improved Version)

Double Uni Knot

San Diego Jam Knot

Fly Fishing Knots

Big Fishing Knots

Common Fishing Knots

Complete List of Fishing Knots

• Alberto
• Albright Special
• Arbor Knot
• Australian Plait
• Baja Knot
• Berkley Braid Knot
• Bimini Twist
• Blood Knot
• Bobber Stopper Knot
• Bristol Knot
• Centauri Knot
• Davy Knot
• Double Uni Knot
• Drop Shot Rig
• Dropper Loop
• Easy Snell Knot
• Egg Loop Knot
• Eye Crosser Knot
• FG Knot
• Fish N Fool Knot
• Harvey Dry Fly Knot
• Haywire Twist
• Homer Rhode Loop Knot
• Improved Clinch Knot
• J Knot
• Jansik Special
• King Sling
• Knot Tyer Nail Knot
• Knotless Knot
• Kreh Loop
• Loop To Loop Knot
• Nail Knot
• Nanofil Knot
• NonSlip Loop Knot
• Offshore Swivel Knot
• Ovris Knot
• Palomar Knot
• Perfection Loop
• Pitzen Knot
• Rapala Knot
• Riffle Hitch
• Right Angle Rig
• San Diego Jam Knot
• Seaguar Knot
• Slim Beauty Knot
• Snell Knot Uni
• Snell Knot (Traditional)
• Spider Hitch
• Strike Indicator Double Uni
• Strike Indicator Loop Knot
• Surgeons Knot
• Surgeons End Loop
• Tenkara Level Line
• Tenkara Traditional Line
• Trilene Knot
• Turle Knot
• Uni Knot
• Willis Knot
• World Fair Knot
• Yucatan Knot