Guides

A snaggy-ground specialist. The pulley swivel lets the hook snood pull the lead clear of obstruction...

A classic clean-ground rig with two short snoods 'flapping' off a bodyline above the lead. Simple to...

A free-running lead on the mainline above a stop bead and swivel. The line slides through the lead o...

Two snoods diverging from a single bottom junction, both ending in baited hooks above the lead. Cast...

A single hook on an extra-long snood, often 2 m or more, fished off a boom or a running ledger....

The defining carp rig. Bait sits on a "hair" loop behind the hook so the hook itself is exposed when...

Moulded groundbait/pellet around an inline feeder, short hooklink with hookbait nearby. Self-hooks o...

Two-hook wire trace presenting a deadbait off-bottom on a running lead. The UK pike standard for sti...

Finesse lure rig for perch and zander. Hook tied on a tag halfway up the line, weight on the end — t...

Palomar Knot

line to hook

The strongest and easiest line-to-hook knot in fishing. Doubles the line, passes the doubled loop th...

Improved Clinch Knot

line to hook

The classic mono-to-hook knot. Pass the line through the eye, wrap the tag end around the standing l...

Uni Knot

line to hook

A wonderfully versatile knot: tie it once and it's a hook knot; tie it twice end-to-end and it becom...

Snell Knot

line to hook

A hooklength wraps around the shank of the hook rather than through the eye, so the line exits behin...

Surgeon's Loop

loop

A fast, foolproof loop in the end of a line. Fold the line back on itself, tie a double overhand, sn...

Albright Knot

line to line

The standard knot for joining two lines of different diameter or material — typically a thicker shoc...

Rapala Loop

loop

A non-slip loop knot at the hook eye. Leaves a small loop between line and lure so the lure can swin...

FG Knot

line to line

A slim, hyper-strong braid-to-leader knot used in saltwater lure fishing and surface lure work where...

Bimini Twist

loop

A long doubled section of line ending in a loop. The 20+ tightly-twisted wraps actually achieve full...

Stop Knot (Float Stop)

stopper

A small knot tied with a separate short piece of line around your mainline. Slides under pressure bu...