Catfish Rig: Best Setups by Situation
Catfish rigs get treated like one generic setup when they’re really a small family of rigs, each suited to different water and different catfish behavior. Using the wrong one for…
Line, Knots & Rigs
Sheet 01. Every other sheet assumes this one. Seven knots that hold, four rigs that cover most freshwater situations, and how to choose braid, mono or fluoro without overthinking it.
How to Tie a Surgeon’s Knot
The surgeon’s knot solves one specific problem better than anything else in the average angler’s fishing knots rotation: joining two lines of noticeably different diameter, fast, without the wrap-counting math…
Drop Shot Rig: Setup and Technique
The drop shot rig flips the usual order of things: instead of the weight below the bait, or dragging along with it, the weight hangs on a separate line beneath…
How to Tie a Uni Knot
The uni knot is the knot that shows up on nearly every reel spool in America, one of the most reliable entries in any fishing knots arsenal, and it earns…
How to Tie an Improved Clinch Knot
The improved clinch knot is one of the first entries in most anglers’ fishing knots toolkit, and one they never fully leave behind, even after picking up a Palomar or…
Carolina Rig: How to Set It Up and Fish It
The Carolina rig is one of those setups that gets called old-fashioned right up until it out-fishes everything else on the boat. It’s a bottom-contact rig built around a sliding…
Fishing Line 101: How to Choose the Right Line
Walk into any tackle shop and you’ll find a wall of fishing line that all claims to be the best. Truth is, there’s no single best fishing line. There’s only…
How to Tie a Palomar Knot (Step by Step)
A step-by-step guide to tying the palomar knot, why it holds close to full line strength, and the mistakes that make it fail when it counts.
Fishing Knots: The Complete Guide
A practical guide to the fishing knots that matter: improved clinch, palomar, uni, surgeon’s, blood, and loop knots, plus the habits that keep them from failing when it counts.
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