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.

Double Surgeon's Knot

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

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

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

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

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

Build the system

Once the connection makes sense, the next step is seeing where it belongs in a full river setup.