Many anglers including professional anglers have blamed a broken line on the hookset with fluorocarbon to be a “bad batch” when it was the knot they were tying. Fluorocarbon in particular can easily break on the hookset if the proper knot is not tied. Many professional anglers have learned the hard way that the knots they tied for years may not work as well with the new lines available today. With the advancement of new materials being used for fishing lines it has also created a need for anglers to use different knots for each of the different types of line. One thing to be aware of is that the outer cords will shorten after knotting, whilst the length of the center cords will remain unchanged.S o you may have to leave an extra allowance for the outer cords.Selling the proper line to your customer is certainly important but helping them with the proper knots for those lines may be even more important. An angler can buy the most expensive line available, but without tying the proper knot that critical connection to the fish can easily be broken, no matter how expensive the line. You can see in the photos that we demonstrate how the right cord goes in front of the knot, so the cord spirals down clockwise. If you put the right cord in front, it’ll spiral towards the right in an anti-clockwise direction). To make the macrame piece spiral in the other direction, simply reverse the order of tying the half knot (e.g.If you put the right cord in front whilst knotting, the piece will spiral towards the left in a clockwise direction.You’ll notice that the knots will begin to naturally spiral downwards as you continue knotting. Using two middle cords as the base, tie the outer two pieces of rope around the middle cords and tighten.You can create variations using the half knot by mixing up the directions or the order.

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