The Best Fishing Knots for your Biggest Bass...

These Fishing Knots are the single most important link between you and the catch of your life.

There are many, many knots when it comes to fishing. There are knots to attach your lure or hook to the line, there are knots to attach the line to your reel and there are knots to attach one line to another line.

I will show you a few of my favorites; show you how to tie them, explain to you their strength's and weaknesses and when to use each specific knot.

Here are my favorites....

1. The Snell Knot
2. The Clinch Knot
3. The Improved Clinch Knot
4. The Palomar Knot
5. The Trilene Knot
6. The Albright Knot
7. The Arbor Knot
8. The Blood Knot
9. The Braid Knot
10. The Perfection Loop Knot
11. The Uni Knot
12. The surgeons Knot
13. The Rapala Knot
Each of these very important fishing knots has their use. Each has its strength and each has their weakness but they all should have a place in your fishing knowledge.

Once you have mastered just a few of these knots you will be well on your way to more success and bigger fish. In my experience, there is nothing worse then hooking up with a large fish just to have it break off. When this happens it is usually the knot that has broken the line and your dreams.

The most important tip I can share with you is this.....learn to tie a quality knot that matches your specific tactic or tactics and retie that knot frequently. Always check your line and knot each time you cast that bait back into the water and you will ensure yourself greater success and more importantly gain confidence!

The Snell Knot
The Snell Knot allows your line to be tied directly to your hook. This is best used as a live bait rig. This is one of the oldest and...

The Clinch Knot
The Clinch knot is a good method to use when attaching your line to a hook, lure, or swivel. I do not...

The Improved Clinch Knot
The Improved Clinch knot, like the clinch knot is used mainly to attach your line to a hook, lure, or swivel. This improved version adds...

The Palomar Knot
The Palomar Knot is one of the simplest fishing knots to tie. It mainly used to attach your line to a hook or lure. It is a very...

The Trilene Knot
The Trilene Knot is a probably the most popular fishing of them all. It has always been a strong and reliable knot that...

The Albright Knot
The Albright Knot is great for all types of fishing. This knot is used mainly to connect a leader of smaller diameter line to a larger main line. It is important...

The Arbor Knot
The Arbor knot is very easy to learn and may be the most important link between your reel and the line. This knot is...

The Blood Knot
The Blood Knot is also called the Barrel knot. It is commonly used to join mono line to mono line...

The Braid Knot
The Braid Knot should help take some of the frustration out of using some of the new braided line that are on the market. The toughest part of...

The Perfection Loop Knot
The perfection loop gives any lure the freedom of movement as compared to any other knot that draws down tight on the eye. This knot allows...

The Uni Knot
The Uni knot lets any fisherman learn just one simple knot and adapt it to any application. This knot works for everything from...

The Surgeons Knot
The Surgeons Knot is great for attaching two line together. This knot is exceptionally strong and simple to tie. It is stronger then...

The Rapala Knot
Always use the Rapala Knot when you want extra action from your hard baits. This knot allows the lure to appear much more...

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