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When you’re fly fishing, knowing a lot of different fly fishing knot is important. You can use many different knots, including the Arbor knot, the Albright knot, the dropper loop, the Blood knot the nail knot and more - each of these fly fishing knots has its own particular uses.

The Albright knot is commonly used to join the fly line to the fly reel backing line. When you tie this knot you need to remember to neatly wind the loops round the loop of the larger line. You should hold the loops under your fingers as you wind the line. This loop passes through guides when you need it to. Some fishermen like to coat the knot with rubber cement which makes it more secure and smoother.

An Arbor knot’s name makes much more sense once you know that the fishing reel is sometimes called an Arbor. This knot, therefore, is used to attach line to reel. While tying an Arbor knot, use the second overhand knot and wind the loop twice around the arbor before making that first half hitch. Doing this increased friction; ideal for polished reels. This is an easy knot to learn and is a standby for the fisherman.

Another one of the fly fishing knots is the blood knot. This is used to join two lines that are similar in size, usually when joining sections of tippet or leader. This knot can be tied in a couple of different ways. The best method is to overlap the two ends and twist them together about ten times. You will then go to the center of the twists, create a hole, and pass the end the opposite way through the hole. This knot should be symmetrical in the middle. This knot is also easy to learn and a very effective way to join together two similar sizes of lines.

Another of the basic fly fishing knots is the dropper loop. This knot can help you to prevent tangles in your line. You create a loop in the middle of your leader with this knot, which gives you another place to put a fly. You can make this loop my wrapping one line around the leader at the point of overlap. This loop should look symmetrical on both sides.

One of the fly fishing knots you’ll use almost every time you go out fishing is the nail knot. A nail knot is used when you need to tie together two lines of differing sizes. Thread the smaller line through the loops with a straw, nail (that’s where the name comes from) or needle. This creates a knot which easily passes through your guides, being that they are smooth and small in size.

These are far from the only fly fishing knots which you will want to learn and use. You should learn as many different fly fishing knots as possible, each situation calls for a separate knot.

These fly fishing knots are easy to learn and will come in handy all the time - learn some of these fly fishing knots before you go fly fishing for the first time.

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