River-First Knot Library

Every knot you need, and a few you can stop pretending to need.

Pick by job, skill level, or rig. These are knots for wet hands, bad light, cold fingers, and fish that never read the manual.

beginner Full guide 88% strength

Improved Clinch Knot

The everyday terminal knot for hooks, jigs, spinners, and flies when you want a fast tie that behaves.

Terminal Tippet To Fly
beginner Full guide 96% strength

Palomar Knot

A strong, simple terminal knot that shines on braid, hooks, jigs, and drop-shot style presentations.

Terminal Braid To Hook
beginner Full guide 92% strength

Uni Knot

A versatile knot for terminal tackle, braid, and adjustable loops. If you learn one knot family, make it this one.

Terminal Braid To Hook Sliding Loop
intermediate Full guide 90% strength

Non-Slip Mono Loop Knot

A fixed loop knot that lets streamers, jigs, and small plugs move instead of hanging stiffly from the line.

Terminal Loop To Lure Streamer
intermediate Full guide 86% strength

Perfection Loop

A clean fixed loop for leaders, fly line connections, and loop-to-loop rigging.

Loop To Loop Leader Loop
beginner Full guide 84% strength

Surgeon's Loop

A fast loop knot for leaders and quick-change rigs when clean matters less than getting back in the water.

Loop To Loop Leader Loop
beginner Full guide 85% strength

Double Surgeon's Knot

The quick line-to-line knot for adding tippet or joining similar diameter mono and fluorocarbon.

Tippet To Leader Line To Line
intermediate Coming soon 88% strength

Blood Knot

A slim line-to-line knot for building leaders and joining similar diameter material.

Tippet To Leader Line To Line
intermediate Coming soon 90% strength

Alberto Knot

A compact braid-to-mono or braid-to-fluoro connection for spinning setups.

Braid To Mono Line To Line
advanced Coming soon 98% strength

FG Knot

The slim, high-strength braid-to-leader knot for anglers willing to practice before they need it.

Braid To Mono Line To Line
intermediate Coming soon 92% strength

Snell Knot

A straight-pull hook connection for bait hooks, egg patterns, and float rigs.

Terminal Snell Bait Hook
advanced Coming soon 88% strength

Egg Loop Knot

A bait-holding loop knot for spawn sacs, skein, yarn, and salmon-style bait presentations.

Terminal Bait Hook Egg Loop
intermediate Coming soon 87% strength

Albright Knot

A classic line-to-line knot for backing, braid, mono, and diameter changes.

Braid To Mono Line To Line Backing
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