A few knots to learn..
One of the most frustrating bits about fly fishing (as a beginner) is being able to set up your line and tie flies to your line. Knot tying is something some of us struggle to learn. I took the time to practice a different knot each evening or where I had a spare 10 mins here or there. I spent hours on youtube perfecting my knots for fly fishing. To help, you can choose 2 different colours of line as you start to learn, moving to your leader and tippet later.
Most people choose different knots based on their preference. For example, I prefer using the Improved Clinch Knot over the Uni knot as I learnt the clinch knot as a kid fishing in my local harbour. I will, however, at some point learn the uni knot to use. I’m focussing on my favourite knots here: Improved Clinch Knot, Blood Knot and Surgeons Knot and will include a video for the Uni Knot and Perfection Loop.
Here are a few videos from youtube that helped me. Please feel free to add your favourite videos in the comments section and I’ll add to the page:
Clinch Knot
My go to for tying flies to line. As I mentioned it was one I was somewhat familiar with so it was easy to re-learn this one.
Blood Knot
A great knot to tie line together.
I also found this video that shows how to tie the blood knot using a toothpick. I now carry tooth picks in my fishing bag. 🙂
Surgeons Knot
another great knot to learn for attaching 2 lines together
Uni Knot
a very popular knot – good to learn.
Perfection Loop
Learn how to make a Perfection Loop for tying loop to loops
As I said these videos really helped me when I was starting out – hope they are helpful for you.
Tight knots!!