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Title: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: Still Running on December 28, 2009, 07:23:00 PM

This knot works very well and I have never had one let go.

Step 1.  double your line to form a loop and pass the doubled line through the eye of the swivel.

Step 2.  Pass swivel through the loop and tighten up around eye of swivel to form a half hitch on the swivel.

Step 3.  Tie an overhand knot in the main line making sure you have both the main line and the tag end of the loop tied into the overhand knot.

Step 4.  Pull tight and trim tag end.

The half hitch on the eye does all of the work, the overhand knot is simply to make sure the wire line doesn't slip through the half hitch.

Title: Re: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: Bucktail on December 29, 2009, 07:13:43 AM

The line in your pics look like multi-strand wire.  Is that right?

Title: Re: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: Still Running on December 29, 2009, 07:58:54 AM

Yes it is Bob.

Title: Re: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: markc on December 29, 2009, 08:53:17 AM

here is another super easy knot to tie in non coated 7 strand wire,  i have caught many a BIG king mackeral on these rigs so i know the figure 8 knot will hold up to anything.
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u63/ReelAdventure/th_TyingKingrigscompressed.jpg) (http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u63/ReelAdventure/?action=view&current=TyingKingrigscompressed.flv)

Title: Re: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: Jeffish on December 29, 2009, 11:10:52 AM

Looks like someone needs to re-activate their Photobucket account!  grtn

Title: Re: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: markc on December 29, 2009, 01:06:57 PM

it still works if you click it

Title: Re: How to tie wire line to a swivel
Post by: ped579 on December 29, 2009, 05:44:45 PM

 rofla rofla slt