Fishing book: ‘Practical Fishing Knots’ – Salt Lake Tribune

When I was about 8–years-old, my dad taught me how to tie a clinch knot because he got tired of having to do it for me while we were fishing. I have not learned another fishing knot since. It is not something I’m proud of, believe me. And, that’s not to say that I don’t tie knots other than the clinch knot. I can be found creating crazy contraptions and uttering a prayer hoping they will work on just about every trip. Every time I lose a fish to a poorly tied knot, which amazingly is not that often, I promise I’ll sit down and work on learning the knots. With large pictures using yacht rope instead of fishing line and actually helpful graphics, Geoffrey Budworth may have just made it easier for me. But I guess you should expect nothing less from the “father of forensic knotting” and co-founder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers back in 1982.

Brett Prettyman

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