The Blood Knot is a fundamental knot in fly fishing, cherished for its reliability and sleek profile. Whether joining leader to tippet or connecting tippet to tippet, mastering the Blood Knot ensures a strong and seamless connection that effortlessly passes through rod guides during casting. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of tying the Blood Knot, empowering you to enhance your angling arsenal with this essential knot.
- STEP 1: Put the lines parallel Put both ends of the line parallel to each other. We’ll refer to these as line A and B
- STEP 2: Wrap line A around line B Wrap line A around line B five times, then put it back through the start and hold that part between two fingers.
- STEP 3: Wrap line B around line A Now take line B and wrap it around line A five times. Then put the tag end of line B through the loop that was created. It’s important that the lines enter the loop at opposite directions, or the knot will fail.
- STEP 4: Pull the knot tight and snug Hold the two tag ends, or put them between your teeth, and carefully pull A and B into each other, creating a nice and snug knot.
- STEP 5: Cut the tag ends Cut the tag ends of both A and B.
