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KNOTSFOR

EYEHOOKS

Secondtype

Thisisanothercompact
knotwhichis fairly
universal.Itcanbeused
withanvkindofhook
andanvtvpeofsingle
lineandgivesan
excellentgrip.Theknot
ismadearoundthe
standingpartoftheline
andtheonIVpointof
contactbetweenline
andhookis theinitial
turnthroughtheeye.
ThisistheAchillesheel
oftheknotasitis here
thatthelinegenerally
breaks.Thisproblem
canbeovercomeby
doublingtheinitialturn,
i.e.,passingtheend
twicethroughtheeve.
Thisincreasesthe
reliabilityoftheknot.
butitalsoincreasesits
bulkandsolimitsits
usetohooksofa
certainsize.