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.
Backing
Bait Hook
Braid To Hook
Braid To Mono
Egg Loop
Leader Loop
Line To Line
Loop To Loop
Loop To Lure
Sliding Loop
Snell
Streamer
Terminal
Tippet To Fly
Tippet To Leader
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
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
Build the system
Knots are the atoms. Rigs are the machine.
Once the connection makes sense, the next step is seeing where it belongs in a full river setup.
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