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The offshore fisherman often have a need to tie a double
line - a long loop of line that is obviously stronger,
and easier to handle, than the line itself. In accordance
with International Game Fish Association Rules, the double
line may be up to 4.5m long in lines up to 10kg, and as
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The double may be tied by means of the simple Spider
Hitch with lines to 15kg. The big game boys use the
Bimini Twist, a double that is normally formed by two
people who make the intitial twenty twists. The Bimini
is obviously beyond the scope of this little book. It's
smaller brother, the Spider Hitch, is a much faster
and easier knot for the light tackle fisherman.
- Form a loop of the desired length, say 1.25m.
- Twist a section into a small loop.
- This is the only tricky part - hold this loop with
thumb and forefinger, the thumb extending above the
finger, and with the loop standing up beyond the tip
of the thumb.
- Wind the doubled line around the thumb and the loop
5 times.
- Send the rest of the long loop through the small
loop, and pull gently to unwind the turns off the
thumb.
- The knot is now formed and worked into tight coils.
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| 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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