5 steps
Knotless Knot
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The carp hair-rig knot. Line goes through the eye, forms a hair past the bend, and comes back through the eye. A stop keeps the bait on the hair.
Use it for
The carp hair-rig knot. Line goes through the eye, forms a hair past the bend, and comes back through the eye. A stop keeps the bait on the hair.
This line
Braid hair is limp and tangles. Most US carp anglers use a coated braid or a mono hair.
Avoid when
Texas-rig worm hooks. This knot is for a hair rig, not a buried hook point.
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Knotless Knot
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Step 1
Pass the line through the eye and down the shank.
Step 2
Leave an open hair loop past the bend, and bring the tag back up the shank.
Step 3
Pass the tag back through the eye.
Step 4
Tie a small overhand stop on the hair, past the bend, so a bait cannot slide off.
Step 5
Seat the wraps tight on the shank. The hair loop stays open past the bend.
The drawing follows this tying order. Pause, step, or scrub to stay with the words. The standing line runs to the reel. The tag is the short end you trim. Skin-hook means the point lies flat in the plastic, not out where grass can grab it.
Common mistakes
- No stop on the hair, so the bait slides off.
- A hair so long the bait never reaches the hook.
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