Haywire Twist
Step by Step.

Thread on your hook, ring or swivel and make a loop in the wire, holding tag and main strand apart with thumb and finger as shown. Then rotate the loop so that a twist forms.
	Complete four or five twists then bend the tag back to make a sharp, right angle bend. This helps prevent the twists springing apart and enables you to begin the next step more easily.
Rotate the wire loop as before, this time guiding the tag into a series of tight rolls around the main strand or standing part.
	Having completed up to half a dozen tight rolls, make a right–angle bend in the tag to form a crank–handle.
Holding the barrel–roll firmly between thumb and finger, rotate the crank–handle until the tag snaps off flush with the barrel–rolls.
	Your connection should look something like this.

 

All illustrations and text of this knot are reproduced with the kind consent of Geoff Wilson,
the author of the "Complete Book of Knots and Rigs".

This book is considered the "Knot Bible", and should be essential reading
for anybody who has lost a fish because of a failed knot!

 

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