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KNOTSFOR

FlATTEDHOOKS

Secondtype

Thisisaheavinglineknot(see

pp.36-37),whichhasalreadybeen

describedunderstopperknots.but

itisalsousedtotiea linetoa hook.

Itiseasyandquicktomakeandis

withouta doubtthemostpopular

knotusedforflattedhooks.

Method

Laythelinealongtheshankand

thenbenditbacktoforma large

loop(1).Next,makea seriesof

turns,workingfromrighttoleftand

coveringbothsidesoftheloopand

theshank(2).Thenumberofturns

mayvaryasneeded.Theexpert

anglerwillfindtheright

compromisebetweenbulkandgrip

whendecidinghowmanyturnsto

use.Finishofftheknotbyinserting