Albright Knot
The Albright Knot is primarily used for joining monofilament
lines of unequal diameters, such as your main line to a fluorocarbon
leader or shock leader. It is not an easy knot to tie but a
good tight Albright is small and won't catch on the rod guides
during a cast. It is also used for connecting monofilament to
wire (just make a haywire twist and flatten it for a loop).
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1. Bend a loop in the tag end of the heavier monofilament and hold between thumb and forefinger of left hand. Insert the tag end of the lighter monofilament through loop from the top. Pull the standing part of the heavy mono and the standing part of the light mono.
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2. Slip tag end of lighter monofilament under your left thumb and pinch it tightly against the heavier strands of the loop. Wrap the first turn of the lighter monofilament over itself and continue wrapping toward the round end of the loop. Take at least 12 turns with the lighter monofilament around all three strands
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3. Insert tag end of the lighter monofilament through end of the loop from the bottom. It must enter and leave the loop on the same side.
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4. With the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, slide the coils of the lighter monofilament toward the end of the loop, stop 1/8" from end of loop. Using pliers, pull the tag end of the lighter mono tight to keep the coils from the slipping off the loop.
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5. With your left hand still holding the heavier mono, pull on the standing part of the lighter mono. Pull the tag end of the lighter mono and the standing part a second time.
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6. Trim both tag ends.
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Fishing Knots
| There are excellent resources on the internet with variations to many
of these fishing knots. Lagooner.com is working on bringing
you our favorite versions of these knots over the next few weeks.
NOTE: If you go out fishing with Pastor Rocky Vanhoose of Island Community Church. Make
sure you tell him that he's tying a Surgeon's Knot all wrong. Then look at the official IGFA
version of the knot, practice it and show him how.
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