Thread your hook with the line
and make a loop so that the hook
is suspended from the loop.

Commence wrapping your left thumb
and loop with the tag.

Make three wraps in all, working from the base
of your thumb toward the thumbnail.

Push the tag back under those three wraps
alongside your thumb. Push it all the way
back toward the base of your thumb.

Secure the tag against your left thumb
with your middle finger. Then take
the hook loop in your right hand
and ease the wraps off your thumb,
one at a time, in sequence.

Close the knot by exerting pressure
on the loop against the tag.

All illustrations and text are reproduced with the consent of
Australian Fishing Network, the publishers of
the "Complete Book of Knots and Rigs" by Geoff Wilson.

This book has become the "Knot Bible" for both experienced anglers and beginners alike,
and should be essential reading for anybody who has lost a fish because of a failed knot!

Albright Knot | Bimini Twist | Blood Knot | Braid Ring Knot | Cat's Paw to Swivel
Centauri Knot | Common Snell | Double Four Fold Blood Knot | Double Overhand Loop
Double Uni Knot | End Loop | Figure Eight Knot | Flemish Eye | G.M's World Fair Knot

Loop and Cross-Loop Connection | Marshall's Snare | Nail Knot with Loop
Palomar Knot | Perfection Loop | Plaiting a Double | Scaffold Knot | Spider Hitch | Stop Knot
Surgeon's Knot | Thumb Knot | Triple Palomar Knot | Tucked Sheet Bend Knot | Uni Knot

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