Help please - hooklength to mainline connection

[Mummypea]

Hi all, I have recently discovered angling at the ripe old age of 69. I have had one days tuition and am soon to go fishing with my grandson. I have some hooks to nylon and realize I don't have a clue how to join to my mainline. Can someone advise please. Thanks . Irene.

[Babelfish]

Hi all, I have recently discovered angling at the ripe old age of 69. I have had one days tuition and am soon to go fishing with my grandson. I have some hooks to nylon and realize I don't have a clue how to join to my mainline. Can someone advise please. Thanks . Irene.

 

Hello Irene,

 

The simplest way of doing this is the attach a swivel to your mainline and then use a loop 2 loop method of attaching the hook to nylon to the eye of the swivel.

 

If you search on the net there will be plenty of diagrams showing you this in pictures as well.

 

Good luck,

Ben

[Newt]

Have a look Here to see some examples with photos of what Babelfish recommends.

[gozzer]

Have a look Here to see some examples with photos of what Babelfish recommends.

 

Hi Irene, most of the time I use the 'loop to loop' method as shown in Newts link.

 

John.

[Andy_1984]

loop to loop works but in my experience tying hook lengths together with a loop to loop i always manage to get in to a tangle at some point while fishing it so i ended up tying the hook lengths with a uni knot and haven't had a problem.

 

heres a good diagram on this website of how its done and makes a really tidy hook length

 

http://www.myoan.net/fishingart/knots.html#8

 

Edited April 23, 2010 by Andy_1984

[lutra]

loop to loop works but in my experience tying hook lengths together with a loop to loop i always manage to get in to a tangle at some point while fishing it so i ended up tying the hook lengths with a uni knot and haven't had a problem.

 

heres a good diagram on this website of how its done and makes a really tidy hook length

 

http://www.myoan.net/fishingart/knots.html#8

 

Isn't that a blood knot you've pictured there Andy?

 

3 turn water knot for me, as in Newt's link. Also helps if you wet a knot a bit (spit on it) when you are tightening it up.

[dean in devon]

Isn't that a blood knot you've pictured there Andy?

 

3 turn water knot for me, as in Newt's link. Also helps if you wet a knot a bit (spit on it) when you are tightening it up.

hi there, my methods i use are uniknot to my swivel shown in ewts very helpfull link and a knotlessknot (try to make one of them you will fun making a knotlessknot i promise)

[Tigger]

Isn't that a blood knot you've pictured there Andy?

 

3 turn water knot for me, as in Newt's link. Also helps if you wet a knot a bit (spit on it) when you are tightening it up.

 

 

Brian I know i've always known it as uni knots...two of em really when tying two lines together. It really is a corkin strong knot and to be honest seems to be stronger and neater/smaller than the waterknot. As you say plenty of spit and tease the knots together a bit at a time to get maximum strength.

[Anderoo]

Isn't that a blood knot you've pictured there Andy?

 

3 turn water knot for me, as in Newt's link. Also helps if you wet a knot a bit (spit on it) when you are tightening it up.

 

Yes, that's a full blood knot - quite a tricky knot! I'd go with a nice simple loop-to-loop

[weirwulf]

All those diagrams show how to join one bit of line to another bit of line and not a bit of line to a loop. I would go either with making a loop in the mainline using a double overhand knot and attaching the hook length loop to loop or by passing the main line through the loop on the hook length and then tying a seven turn blood knot. If using a flourocarbon line then attach via a palomar knot