5 steps
Sheet Bend
Joins two ropes, especially when one is thicker. A bight in the thicker rope, the thinner rope tucks through and around. US anglers use it to join a heaving line to a dock line.
Use it for
Joins two ropes, especially when one is thicker. A bight in the thicker rope, the thinner rope tucks through and around. US anglers use it to join a heaving line to a dock line.
This line
Do not sheet-bend braid to fluoro. Use a double uni, an Alberto, or an FG.
Avoid when
A fishing-line join. The sheet bend slips in mono.
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Sheet Bend
Step 1
Make a bight in the thicker rope.
Step 2
Pass the thinner rope up through the bight.
Step 3
Around the back of the bight.
Step 4
Tuck the tag under its own standing part.
Step 5
Pull both standing parts. The tags should sit on the same side.
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
- The thin rope's tag on the wrong side, so the bend slips.
- Using it on slick braid.