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Is it normal for an arbor knot to come undone when pulling on the free end after tying it on a spool?
Hey there! Great question about the arbor knot. Based on the video context provided, it sounds like you might be experiencing an issue with how the knot is cinching down.
The arbor knot is designed to be a slip knot that tightens around the spool when you pull on the main line. Here's a quick rundown to ensure you've tied it correctly:
- Wrap the Line Around the Spool: Start by wrapping the line around the spool of your reel.
- First Knot: Take the tag end (the free end of the line) and go underneath the main line. Pinch it with your fingers, then wrap the tag end around both lines and bring it through the loop you just made. This creates a slip knot.
- Second Knot: About a half-inch above the first knot, tie a simple overhand knot in the tag end. This knot acts as a stopper.
- Cinch Down: When you pull on the main line, the slip knot should tighten and jam against the overhand knot, securing the line to the spool.
If your knot is coming undone when you pull on the free end, it might mean that the slip knot isn't tightening properly or the overhand knot isn't acting as a stopper. Double-check that you've tied both knots correctly and that they are cinching down as they should.
Additionally, some anglers like to add a small piece of tape over the knot to help keep it in place and prevent any slipping, as mentioned in the BassResource video.
If you continue to have issues, feel free to provide more details or ask for further clarification. Happy fishing, and I hope you catch some big bass out there! š£
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How to Tie Fishing Line to the Spool using the Arbor Knot by TackleJunky81 ā take the tag end here go underneath the main line and pinch it with your fingers okay grab the tag and go around both lines there and you can see you make a little Loop bring the line through that Loop bring your tag in through the loop and that's basically your knot it's a slip knot so you'll you'll tie another knot here at the end of the tagline but we're going to do this one more time so you guys can see it Okay so around your spool grab the tag underneath your main line grab the tag wrap it around both lines and bring it through that Loop that you just made okay then what you'll do is I don't know maybe half inch or so above that knot tie a little overhand knot just like you're tying your shoe a little overhand knot there okay a little overhand knot and then I'll clip that I don't know about a quarter inch or so above that knot and you'll see once you cinch that down if you guys can see that there the one knot slips to the other knot jams it up and there is your Arbor knot the nice thing about it you can grab that little tag in there and you can open that knot back up like so okay so then you can just take that and put that right on your spool but we're going to tie it one more time
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Why Your Palomar Fishing Knot Breaks! by Wired2Fish ā slow and easy and making sure that doesn't all cinch down that as it gets close to starting to cinch just wet it pull both ends tight cut your tagging off and you're good that knot is super strong it works great with fluorocarbon if you pay attention to what you're the best way I can illustrate what fluorocarbon does to itself and I'm going to show you here real quick is tie an arbor knot and if you ever tied an arbor knot it's basically a half knot around the line to make a loop that you put on the spool like a spinning reel and then you tie a little half knot in the end and you pull it tighten the two knots to jam together and it tightens the line up and it cinches it around that spool for your spinning reel if you tie that with fluorocarbon I can clearly illustrate what fluorocarbon does to itself when a half knot of cinch down on itself so let's do that real quick and then you'll understand what's going on all right so to tie an arbor knot you're essentially just going to tie half knot around the line itself and can you see that get a little loop half knot we'll go ahead and cinch it down on there because that's how you do an arbor knot then you tie another little half knot on the end of your tag end that's kind of the not
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How to Spool a Spinning Reel | Spool Line | Avoid Tangles The Easy Way! by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource ā Go through just the first eye of your spinning
rod. And then what you wanna do is just...you're
gonna tie it on to your reel. And the way you do that is kind of an interesting
knot. It's called an Arbor knot. What you do is you take the tag end... This is where I need my glasses. Take the tag end, you wanna tie just a simple
overhand knot. Now once you do that, now you got a tag end. You wanna cut the tag end off, and then you
wanna tie it onto the spool. Just wrap the line around the spool. Again, make sure that bail is open. And then just tie another simple overhand
knot. Once you have that overhand knot done, just
cinch it down. What happens is that first knot that you made,
the line will cinch right down against it. Very simple. Now, the next thing I like to do is take a
little piece of tape. Just a real thin piece of scotch tape, and
I'd lay that right down on top of the knot that I just created. This does a couple things. First of all, it helps the knot from becoming
an issue when you lay the line down on it. But also it holds that line in place so it
makes it easier to spool onto the reel. All right. Next thing you wanna do, this is very simple
but, Iām gonna just start spooling it on.
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How to Tie Fishing Line to the Spool using the Arbor Knot by TackleJunky81 ā around the spool so we're going to cut this off here okay open up the Bale that's very important open up the Bale before you tie the knot okay so you're going to go around the spool around the spool okay around the spool tag end under the main line grab the tag go around both lines and bring that tag through the loop that you just made okay just kind of cinch it down there a little bit okay a little bit above it a little overhand knot very simple overhand knot get your Cutters cut it off like I said I don't know quarter inch or so above that knot then grab the main line and you'll see there like so they jam up and there's your Arbor knot like so close your bail and start spooling well how do you do that that's how we do that I should I should wrap it up we'll get the Spool in here only thing left is for Mike to catch some big old bass or or he's buying lunch one or the other shot up boy anyways hopefully you guys enjoyed the video if you did be sure to smash the thumbs up love you guys we will see you guys on the next one goodbye
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Arbor Knot + (Dated) Channel Update by TackleJunky81 ā hey what's going on guys another request video for you I was asked to do a video on the knot that I use when I split my reels it's called the arbor knot I'm gonna use 20 pound mono here so maybe shows up a little better so you guys can see it first off just thread the line through your line guide around the spool your self plenty of line to work with here I'm gonna do is take the end of the line and go under and go under the line so it's all I did so far I got my tag in by the end of the line here and go underneath the line pinch it with your fingers grab the tag end go around the double line pinch that with your fingers then grab the tag end and bring it through the loop you just made cinch it down I'll go ahead and undo that and do it one more time so you can maybe see it it's going to start off get your tag in go underneath the line take the tag in go around the double line pitch that in your fingers take that tag in bring it through the loop that you just made and pull it tight then you want to come up on an inch or so make another little overhand knot when you tighten this one down it's gonna jam up against this next knot you
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MISTAKES to AVOID (Spooling a Spinning Reel WITHOUT Line Twists) by TackleJunky81 ā through there like so okay now you can just take this and run it through the guides and you have to walk around the table counterclockwise got it so we got our line guide here just take it and run it through the guides like i said it just gives you something to hold on to what's really nice about it if you were to drop it it's got some weight so the lines not going to fall back through the guides i'm sure we've all been there that can be a pain in the butt so just pick it back up and just keep threading that through the guides all right now we're just going to tie a quick arbor knot i do have a video on this which will link down below it's just a slip knot here around the spool there i was doing this fast like i said i'll link a video down below for you guys the main knot and then a knot here for it to slip into like so just cut it off behind that knot grab the main line there it'll slip and then that second knot will slip right into it and you are good to go okay shut the bail you're ready to spool just make sure your drag is somewhat tight which mike is i'm just keeping my rod tip basically right above the filler spool there i'm going to put some pressure on the line
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