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Me/hod Tojointheendsofthe tworopes.passtheend 01 thefirstropeoverthe standingpartofthe second,forminga figure-eightknot(1). Tocl ...

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Joininga hooktoa lineisanadmirableworkofingenuity, imagination, and perfection. The resultis a small, barely distinguishablelump ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Firsttype Thisknotis quickandeasy tomakeandisnotbulky, soitcanbeusedforsmall andmedium-sizedhooks. It willwith ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Secondtype Thisisanothercompact knotwhichis fairly universal.Itcanbeused withanvkindofhook andanvtvpeofsingle ...

MethDd Thisisquiteaneasy knottomake.Beginby takinga simpleturn withtheendoftheline throughtheeyeofthe hook(1).Continueby takinga ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Thirdtype Thisis abeautifully symmetricalknotwhich offersanexcellentgrip. Figure 5 showstheknot formedbutstill ...

Method Beginbymakinga loop throughtheeVeofthe hook(1).Turntheend downwardsthrough theloop(2),thenup againbehindit(3).and downthr ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Fourthtype Thisis a beautifuland universallyusedknot. butitisnotsimpleto make.Itisformedin twodifferentstages: ...

4 transferringtheturns onebyoneontothe standingpart,working fromtheleftand passingeachturnover theothers(5).Take carewhenyoudoth ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Fifthtype Thisisquitea complex knot.whichcanbe usefulfortyingsmall anchorsorverylarge hookswithlargeeyes. Itss ...

4 5 Method Passtheendthrough theeyeandtakea full turnaroundtheshank tuckingtheend(1). Thenproceedtoform partoftheknotaround thes ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Sixthtype Unliketheprevious knots,whichwereeither whollyorpartlymade aroundthestanding part,thisknotismade ent ...

4 6 MMhod Beginbypassingthe endthroughtheeyeof thehooktoforma large loop(1).Inserttheend intotheloopfrom behind(2)andpassit upwa ...

KNOTSFOR EYEHOOKS Seventhtype Thisknotissimilarto thepreviousone;itis formedentirelyonthe shankandnotonthe standingpart.Theturns ...

Method First,passtheend throughtheeyefrom below;thenpassit behindthehooktoform thefirstturnaroundthe shank(1).Forma secondturnin ...

KNOTSFOR FLATTEDHOOKS Firsttype Theknotshownhereisthemultiple overhandknot(seep.38),whichis generallyclassifiedasa stopper knoto ...

thatalthoughtheknotismore securewhentherearemoreturns,it isalsomorebulky.Youwillhaveto finda balancebetweenbulkand griponthebasi ...

KNOTSFOR FlATTEDHOOKS Secondtype Thisisaheavinglineknot(see pp.36-37),whichhasalreadybeen describedunderstopperknots.but itisals ...