Nail Knot with Loop
Step by Step.

Thread the leader through the eye of the hook. Isolate the hook on a loop as shown, then bend the tag back to form another, larger loop.
	Hold this configuration in your hand as shown.
Now, give the whole thing a half twist: This does nothing to the knot except make it easier to tie.
	Wrap the small loop, from which the hook is suspended, with the larger loop, catching the wraps in sequence with your thumb, index finger, and middle finger of your left hand.
Continue until six or seven wraps have been made.
	At this stage the configuration of the knot would be as shown if unobstructed by the hands.
Close the knot with firm pressure on the tag against the hook, then slide the knot down to the hook and lock it in place by increasing pressure on the tag.

 

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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