A BETTER WAY TO TIE THE LINE  

Great information

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Nice demo of the blood knot. Thank you.

Nice knot Blackie😊. Thanks

Thanks Blackie I'll definitely be using this

Thank you for sharing.😊

Hi Blackie, thankyou for your time to make these videos.

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your information

Good video Blackie , thanks for sharing , God bless !

Back in '82 that is exactly how my first hunting buddy thought me to tie a fish hook to a line. What he failed to tell me was to drop the bail when I casted. So there I was on Saguaro Lake, Arizona all by myself as I made my first ever cast with about seven feet of line hanging from the end...I did not drop the bail and that treble hook came back at me like a damn pendulum! Scared the hell outta me!! By the time I figured it out and reeling in my line that was down in the water I actually had a Blue Gill hooked. Second surprise of the day.

Thanks Blackie

Hey Blackie- Thats a neat knot and it does look like it wont come un-done at all. I usually just run my line down to the stake and tie a larkshead and put the stake thru, but the larkshead can come un-done easy with just bumping it some. Thanks for the video. You and yours be safe-

Good stuff.

You sneaky little bugger! I just did my stakes but not this way…. Now to do that. Thanks Blackie this knot will be very useful.

Good old Uni knot. I've caught many a catfish with my hook tied to my line with that knot.

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I grew up not too far from you down in Opp. My best friends parents made belts, wallets, and hat bands etc... Outta rattlesnake hide. His older brother, Tim Yancey and Bobby Finedore rented a cabin out near Burnout Beach. I met a friend of theirs at that cabin, named Blackie. Any chance that was you? Did you know any Yancey's or Finedore's from Covington County?

Funny you should have mentioned a hangman’s noose. With the running end 13 times through your loop, you would have had a hangman’s noose. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Cool, hey Blackie, is 7 times around the small loop necessary? Like what if you went around 4 or 5 times, would it matter? Maybe 7 is just what you're use too, just asking thanks...

"I gotta cut the line!"... nough said!

Always used this for tyeing on a tippet fly line, always works

A Scaffold knot would be good to use for this, too. Essentially the knot you´re tying, but you only pass the line through two times instead of seven. Less fuss and you can also tie it as noose, like a slip knot. It can slip if you tie it in monofilament (think you need at least three turns for enough friction in mono), but in every other line it holds just fine.

Which video was this in?

I've learned that the best knots are the ones that hold without slipping but are easy to untie

I remember my grandpa teaching me that knot. The only difference being that in his directions you pass the running end through the loop, in his words, “A whole bunch of times.” 😂

It's called a blood knot because it was the knot in the ends of a cat o nine tails..

I think I will go with a much faster knot.

Blackie, how do I send you an email?

Anyone that enjoys being outadoors ought to know a couple of real knots that they can tie the same way more than once. 😉