I've been tying this knot going on 40 years and this is the best method I've encountered. Never had this much control over how long the tags end up being. Can't wait to build some new leaders. Thanks very much! Subscribed
You can teach an old dog new tricks. I started tying blood knots when I was 7. My dad taught me. I am 70 + now. Never been afraid of the knot, but alway felt it was a pain to tie. Your explanation is a whole new and simple way! Thanks a bunch
I’ve been tying it for over 30 years the traditional way and sometimes it can be a pain in the butt, particularly in cold conditions or when tying 6x material. What I find works for me is to moisten the tippet / leader materials so that they stick to my hands a bit. I have that type of skin that makes it impossible to open plastic bags at the grocery store without wetting my fingers. Also, having tension on the standing portions helps to tie it. I suppose your method does this automatically since you are holding all strands simultaneously and apply some tension while twisting both ends. Fun fact: you don’t have to have the tag ends come out in opposite directions. This makes it quick and easy to trim the tag ends with one cut. Thanks for sharing! After these many years, I don’t know whether I can change method but I can give it a try. 😊
Dude, I've been struggling with the blood knot for a while and gave up. Followed your steps and I got it first try, true game-changing method right here!
I've used the blood knot for years - and that's the best explanation I've ever seen- kudos. Great knot for creating droppers on a multi-fly cast - just leave one tag end a little long.
I can tie a Blood Knot faster than a triple surgeon I LOVE The Blood Knot. I've been tying it since I bought an ORVIS Leader Cutback in the early 1970's.Good Video and a VERY nice Rod selection.
This is a great practical tutorial on how to tie this knot, most demos of the structure dont actually show an easy way to manage the lines. Excellent video!
I’ve been tying this knot the slow way for 40 years! I wasn’t going to watch this because I thought I couldn’t possibly learn anything, anyway I’m very glad I did. Thank you
Brand new into fly fishing. Having been a fisherman of other styles, I have never used a blood knot. I can see how it will help me in this new adventure. Great video. Very easy to do with a little practice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I watched another video about this knot and I was having such a hard time trying to tie it, so I get fed up and stumbled across your video and was confused at first but on my 2nd try I got the hang of it. Now I can tie flouro to my braid. Thanks!
I finally figured it out with another fellows easy way to do it and yours is better lol. Eventually someone is going to come along, stare at the line and babing a blood knot but til I learn that method I'm going to try yours now.
Brilliant !! I’ve never attempted to try this knot but you made it extremely easy to do it. Now this is my goto knot for attaching the leader to my braid.
Interesting. I tie it the traditional way but will give this a try too.Thx I like it when you show the over your shoulder perspective. That's what you see when tying. Thx, good video.
Now I have experemented it and it works beautifully ; Thank again , after 50 years in fly fishing this is the firs time I have so beautiful knots . (French speaker )
OMG I have been trying to learn this knot for what seems like an eternity, not for fly fishing but for lure coursing, yup dogs chasing a plastic bag "lure". It is the knot commonly used to tie the two ends of the lure line together. You have given me the AH HA moment!!! Now I can actually tie the knot, YEAH!!!!!
@@AZFlyShop OMG OMG. I’m 83 yrs old and have had little success tying this knot due to failing eyesight and arthritis- you made it simple and effective - thank you so much.
Really like this method. Thanks. Beats the old way which in some instances pushed me to tie a triple surgeon. This way is a lot like adding a hook loop on a hi-lo surf fishing rig.
Thank you for showing this method. I have some neurological damage and lost fine feeling sensation in my fingers. I struggle to tie knots with fishing line by myself and this method is a godsend to be able to tie this knot!! thanks again
I don’t know if this will help but look in to the uni knot for your connecting knot. It’s the only connection knot I use to the bait. Easy knot and strong as for connecting line to line I agree this is super easy. When I can remember which way I put the lines through. Lol. Hope you find easier methods to keep you fishing!
Just found your channel. This vid came up in my suggested feed. I just couldn't wrap my head around how to tie a blood with my two hands that have fat fingers. I just tried the method you show in this vid and it was very easy! I've always tied my fly fishing leaders with a nail knot. I might switch, if for no other reason than I don't need a tool to do this blood knot method. I'm also now going to use the blood knot instead of an Alberto knot for tying leaders to braid on my bait casters and spin casters.
Thank you so much i just started fishing a month ago I been so scared of this knot my brother or my cousin do this for me because I never tried to learn it yesterday I spent 4 hours and I got it down but then I tried again for 2 hours and gave up because I struggle to figure it out again I hope this method helps me get it first try ! Thanks for this video
Great video! I can't wait to try this method. I tie a lot of blood knots and they've always taken me at least a minute each, sometimes longer. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve got five months to practice this until things start to warm up around here! Thanks for a great explanation. I practice a knot hundreds of times every winter to use it next season. Looking forward to mastering the blood knot. Like many others, I’ve avoided it.
This is a brilliant use of mechanics. We don’t often think of our bodies as machines, but when we do, we can utilize them in ways like this.. the key was understanding chirality- the blood knot is a chiral knot and our hands are perfectly formed to act in that way. I never thought of this. Perhaps the knot is difficult to tie because we are fighting our natural chiral tendencies. Absolute breakthrough thinking on your part.
I must admit…I’ve seen and attempted other ways of tying this knot & failed. This method, however, I have succeeded several times. Like you said it just takes practice and make sure there is plenty of line. Short lines will not work especially if one has big hands. Fortunately, I have small hands, so this method appears to be my choice. Thanks for the tutorial. 👍🏽
Wow like the comments below I learnt it as a kid from my old man and 50 now but could still get in a tangle doing it on the run. Never seen that and very cool. Subscribed.
Been tying this knot since I was a kid and always found it a time consuming pain. And with aging eyes, it's no easier today, despite the practice. Many thanks for the tips. Gonna try it out.
Setting up the gripping of the line also counts as tying time, and out in the field with wind and such factors, that is what takes the longest, but this is certainly fast once you have your grip set up. Wind is always a time killer for knots though.
Hey Chris! Just wanted you to know that your technique works in NM, lol. I was able to successfully tie the blood knot using your method on my second attempt, and have not failed since!! Very easy even for a guy who is “all thumbs”. The only tricky thing that I had to remember to do was make sure that my fingers kept the center loop ‘open’ while doing my 8 windings. Once I managed to correct that problem, the rest was easy peasy. Thanks so much. NO MORE FUMBLING INTIMIDATION!!
Wow! I use the blood knot from braided line to fluorocarbon leader for a Texas rig (bass fishing). I don't break them often but this will come in super handy next time I have to tie it!
I have always struggled with the blood knot. Your video made it so easy to tie. after a couple of practice tries I was able to tie the knot with ease. Thanks for the awesome video.
I've been tying this knot going on 40 years and this is the best method I've encountered. Never had this much control over how long the tags end up being. Can't wait to build some new leaders. Thanks very much! Subscribed
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This is the best Blood Knot instruction video that I have seen.
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Fantastic lesson! Thank you.
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You've changed my life. This was the most important fishing video I've ever seen.
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I've watched a bunch of videos on how to tie line to line but yours is BY FAR the easiest to understand and to the point
Thank you!
Thank you!
You can teach an old dog new tricks. I started tying blood knots when I was 7. My dad taught me. I am 70 + now. Never been afraid of the knot, but alway felt it was a pain to tie. Your explanation is a whole new and simple way! Thanks a bunch
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I’ve been tying it for over 30 years the traditional way and sometimes it can be a pain in the butt, particularly in cold conditions or when tying 6x material. What I find works for me is to moisten the tippet / leader materials so that they stick to my hands a bit. I have that type of skin that makes it impossible to open plastic bags at the grocery store without wetting my fingers. Also, having tension on the standing portions helps to tie it. I suppose your method does this automatically since you are holding all strands simultaneously and apply some tension while twisting both ends.
Fun fact: you don’t have to have the tag ends come out in opposite directions. This makes it quick and easy to trim the tag ends with one cut.
Thanks for sharing! After these many years, I don’t know whether I can change method but I can give it a try. 😊
10 minutes of video for less than 1 minute of actual usable instruction.
Thank you so much, this is really going to help.
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I was looking all over TH-cam for the best tool to tie this knot, and you just taught me that I already have it. Thank you!
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Best bloodknot tutorial.
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Best tutorial and method I’ve seen on the blood knot. Thank you.
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Thank God...finally a great instruction on a blood knot. Now I can build my own leaders. Thanks Chris!
Glad it helped you👍
Fantastic ! Thank you.
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Dude, I've been struggling with the blood knot for a while and gave up. Followed your steps and I got it first try, true game-changing method right here!
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This is awesome! Thank you!
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I have never seen a better method or explanation of the blood knot ! Well done!
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Wow, probably the best I’ve seen and easily explained. Much better than the other way. Thanks for the help.
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I've used the blood knot for years - and that's the best explanation I've ever seen- kudos.
Great knot for creating droppers on a multi-fly cast - just leave one tag end a little long.
Thank you
Great video and instruction indeed. Thanks
Thank you
I can tie a Blood Knot faster than a triple surgeon I LOVE The Blood Knot. I've been tying it since I bought an ORVIS Leader Cutback in the early 1970's.Good Video and a VERY nice Rod selection.
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This is a great practical tutorial on how to tie this knot, most demos of the structure dont actually show an easy way to manage the lines. Excellent video!
Thank you
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I’ve been tying this knot the slow way for 40 years! I wasn’t going to watch this because I thought I couldn’t possibly learn anything, anyway I’m very glad I did. Thank you
Thank you Amigo
Yo dude! Thank you, wish I saw this video when you put it up. Been cursing for 4 years doing this knot .Rock and roll.
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This is AWESOME!!! That finger setup is genius.
Thank you
It's the best way and easiest way I've seen. Good job. Thank you
Thank you
WOW. Thank you!
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This method helped me a lot. Thanks for sharing the method.
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Holy quick knots! That is the best tutorial for this knot I’ve ever seen!!!! Thanks for making it easy!!!!
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Thanks Chris! I've used this knot for years but your method of tying it makes it very simple to use.
Let’s go fishing soon.
I have been tying this knot for probably 15 years and this technique is so cool! I'm excited to give this a try. Thanks for the instruction!
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Thank you so much , this makes it so much easier, as my old trapper hands can again use the knot taught to me by my father.👍🏼
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Incredibly clear and easy to understand. Thank you.
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Great stuff....got me wanting to use the blood knot...and I don't even fish.
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Brand new into fly fishing. Having been a fisherman of other styles, I have never used a blood knot. I can see how it will help me in this new adventure. Great video. Very easy to do with a little practice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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Best way I've seen. Thanks for sharing this. I use a blood knit because it's thin. Thanks again.
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I watched another video about this knot and I was having such a hard time trying to tie it, so I get fed up and stumbled across your video and was confused at first but on my 2nd try I got the hang of it. Now I can tie flouro to my braid. Thanks!
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Awesome!!! Thank you ❤❤❤
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Best explains thank you
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I finally figured it out with another fellows easy way to do it and yours is better lol. Eventually someone is going to come along, stare at the line and babing a blood knot but til I learn that method I'm going to try yours now.
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Brilliant…thank you!
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Great job!
Thank you👍
I'm relatively new to fly fishing and I'm definitely going to try this method next time.
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Brilliant !! I’ve never attempted to try this knot but you made it extremely easy to do it. Now this is my goto knot for attaching the leader to my braid.
You bet👍
Excellent method! Excellent descriptive instructions! Thanks so much! 👍👍 🪢 🎣 Subscribed 👌
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Interesting. I tie it the traditional way but will give this a try too.Thx I like it when you show the over your shoulder perspective. That's what you see when tying. Thx, good video.
Thank you
Now I have experemented it and it works beautifully ; Thank again , after 50 years in fly fishing this is the firs time I have so beautiful knots . (French speaker )
Awesome
Dude, that was an awesome technique. If you came up with that on your own - genius!
Thank you
Brilliant! Thanks.
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Awesome. Headache gone !!
Thanks
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Always use the blood knot, but spent a lot of time tying it!! Very Good lesson and tip!! Thanks!!
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This is absolutely genius!
Thank you
OMG I have been trying to learn this knot for what seems like an eternity, not for fly fishing but for lure coursing, yup dogs chasing a plastic bag "lure". It is the knot commonly used to tie the two ends of the lure line together. You have given me the AH HA moment!!! Now I can actually tie the knot, YEAH!!!!!
Awesome!!
Excellent! 👍🏻
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Great way to tie the know. Can't waot to practice using your method
Thank you
Great idea! Thanks
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Thanks you. Simply elegant! I was skeptical at first, but this is great. From B.C. Canada. Subscription added.
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Great tip, thanks !!
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Knew there had to be a better way than how I was doing it and this was it. Thanks!
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What a great video. I just started making my own leaders and was struggling a bit with that knot. Thank you so much.
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very very VERY nicely explained. Didn't think there would be innovation in a widely known knot but here we are. Thank you
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@@AZFlyShop OMG OMG. I’m 83 yrs old and have had little success tying this knot due to failing eyesight and arthritis- you made it simple and effective - thank you so much.
well done Chris! explained perfectly!
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Impressive! Thanx!!
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Very ingenious thank you
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Really like this method. Thanks. Beats the old way which in some instances pushed me to tie a triple surgeon. This way is a lot like adding a hook loop on a hi-lo surf fishing rig.
Thank you
Thank you for showing this method. I have some neurological damage and lost fine feeling sensation in my fingers. I struggle to tie knots with fishing line by myself and this method is a godsend to be able to tie this knot!! thanks again
Thank you for sharing. Glad I could make a difference.
I don’t know if this will help but look in to the uni knot for your connecting knot. It’s the only connection knot I use to the bait. Easy knot and strong as for connecting line to line I agree this is super easy. When I can remember which way I put the lines through. Lol. Hope you find easier methods to keep you fishing!
What a great method. Nice job!
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Now that’s a cool way o do it. I’m confident just tying the blood knot way I always have but always interested in new, better ways. Thank you Sir
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Fantastic!!! Very clever. I will practice this way. Thank you.
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Damn..your way makes this knot so much easier.
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Just found your channel. This vid came up in my suggested feed. I just couldn't wrap my head around how to tie a blood with my two hands that have fat fingers. I just tried the method you show in this vid and it was very easy! I've always tied my fly fishing leaders with a nail knot. I might switch, if for no other reason than I don't need a tool to do this blood knot method. I'm also now going to use the blood knot instead of an Alberto knot for tying leaders to braid on my bait casters and spin casters.
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Wow great technique I'll be using more blood knots now!
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Great technique and video! I'll stop in soon and check out the store.
See u you out the shop
Thank you so much i just started fishing a month ago I been so scared of this knot my brother or my cousin do this for me because I never tried to learn it yesterday I spent 4 hours and I got it down but then I tried again for 2 hours and gave up because I struggle to figure it out again I hope this method helps me get it first try ! Thanks for this video
You can do it👍
Fantastic, great tutorial! Thank you
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Great video! I can't wait to try this method. I tie a lot of blood knots and they've always taken me at least a minute each, sometimes longer. Thanks for sharing!
You bet👍
I’ve got five months to practice this until things start to warm up around here! Thanks for a great explanation. I practice a knot hundreds of times every winter to use it next season. Looking forward to mastering the blood knot. Like many others, I’ve avoided it.
Thanks for watching👍
Incredible! Thank you!
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Okay. That's cool. Might even replace the crazy alberto I use on my spinning gear.
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This is a brilliant use of mechanics. We don’t often think of our bodies as machines, but when we do, we can utilize them in ways like this.. the key was understanding chirality- the blood knot is a chiral knot and our hands are perfectly formed to act in that way. I never thought of this. Perhaps the knot is difficult to tie because we are fighting our natural chiral tendencies. Absolute breakthrough thinking on your part.
Thank you
I must admit…I’ve seen and attempted other ways of tying this knot & failed. This method, however, I have succeeded several times. Like you said it just takes practice and make sure there is plenty of line. Short lines will not work especially if one has big hands. Fortunately, I have small hands, so this method appears to be my choice. Thanks for the tutorial. 👍🏽
Thank you
Gamechanger for me thanks!
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Wow like the comments below I learnt it as a kid from my old man and 50 now but could still get in a tangle doing it on the run. Never seen that and very cool. Subscribed.
Cool
That’s cool I didn’t use this knot but I’m practicing now thanks
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The bloodknot is the strongest and one of the smallest knots ive ever used it is difficult to tie but well worth it. Great explanation
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This is the easiet way to tie the knot !
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Absolument magnifique . Merci beaucoup !
Thank you
I love the blood (traditional) knot! But I'm dumping her for this NEW version... Genius 👍
H.Gray Driftless region FF
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Great video
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Been tying this knot since I was a kid and always found it a time consuming pain. And with aging eyes, it's no easier today, despite the practice. Many thanks for the tips. Gonna try it out.
You bet👍
Setting up the gripping of the line also counts as tying time, and out in the field with wind and such factors, that is what takes the longest, but this is certainly fast once you have your grip set up. Wind is always a time killer for knots though.
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Don't often tie but thank you for sharing. It will save me some time when adding tippet to my leader while snook fishing in clear water.
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Hey Chris! Just wanted you to know that your technique works in NM, lol. I was able to successfully tie the blood knot using your method on my second attempt, and have not failed since!! Very easy even for a guy who is “all thumbs”. The only tricky thing that I had to remember to do was make sure that my fingers kept the center loop ‘open’ while doing my 8 windings. Once I managed to correct that problem, the rest was easy peasy. Thanks so much. NO MORE FUMBLING INTIMIDATION!!
That’s awesome, glad it helped you.
Great job and explanation. Subbed.
Thank you
Wow! I use the blood knot from braided line to fluorocarbon leader for a Texas rig (bass fishing). I don't break them often but this will come in super handy next time I have to tie it!
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That was awesome sir! Thanks for sharing!
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God DAMN dawg! You’re a genius
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brilliant technique to do it! thank you so much
Thank you
Excellent!
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brilliant. thank you
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I have always struggled with the blood knot. Your video made it so easy to tie. after a couple of practice tries I was able to tie the knot with ease. Thanks for the awesome video.
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Awesome instruction !
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