Fishing Knots Guide

Guide and Tutorial for Fishing Knots

Here are the top most-used fishing knots you should start out learning.

Every angler needs a few things to be successful: a good fishing rod and lure combination, a great location, and the ability to tie a few simple but pivotal fishing line knots.

Searching online will reveal all manner of different knots, but don’t worry if you’re just starting out: you don’t really need to learn every knot in the books, at least not right away. In fact, the need-to-know fishing knots can be distilled down to five essentials, which we’ve graciously done for you below.

- The Palomar Knot

- The Blood Knot

- The Improved Clinch Knot

- The Surgeon’s Knot

- The Spider Hitch Knot