all thanks to Terry over at http://www.tailknottr.com/ and his cool little tool for tying an insane amount of awesome knots!!! Terry sent me one of these little beauties a couple of months ago...and I used it for a good couple of weeks to get a good feel of it!!! It was easy to use and awesome for tying an insane amount of knots that I have never been able to easily tie before...this little tool is a MUST HAVE for every tackle box. It is lightweight, strong, durable, and rustproof. SERIOUSLY guys...look at the tech stuff on this little thing...
"It is engineered to produce rapid and simple knots. As well as splice line and more. In addition to tying knots, it will cut line (including braided line) with the built in line cutter, it has a built in bottle opener, and built in eyelet for attaching to a zinger or other retractable device.
Most anglers habitually will use less than a half a dozen knots which they will usually tie by hand. Now with the help of the Tailknott'r© knot tying tool you can quickly learn to tie many more effective knots quickly, and easily but more importantly stronger knots."
Some of the cool 35 plus knots that this can help you tie are...
-Short Shanked Hook knot
-Nail knot loop
-Surgeons loop
-DB looper
-Larry's loop
-Loop connection
-Laromar
-Attaching mono to flyline
-Attaching to leaded line
-Snelled hooks
-Long tag dropper
-Egg loop snell
-Trilene knot
-Non-slip mono loop
- Albright knot will tie
-Tailknot (patented)
-Nail knot-Surgeons knot
-Nail knot slip sinker
-Backing knot
-Tailknot as an abour
-Nail knot as a bobber stopper
-Nail knot dropper
-Nail knot strike indicator
-Surgeons knot for adding tippet
-Opposing nail knots-Bone tail knot
-Shank tie
It is also...interestingly enough...an attractive little thing...LOL...and I know how important THAT is to you...but I just think it is AWESOME...
and even more AWESOME??? Terry, being the awesome guy he is, has offered to supply this little tool for a ROCKIN' contest for my readers!!! We are giving away...not one...BUT TWO of these little dudes to two lucky readers!!!
ALL you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what YOUR favorite knot to use is when fishing!!! That is it!!! How simple is that to receive this awesome tool AND a cool instructional DVD showing you all the ins and outs of using this tool effectively!!!
This is a great giveaway...and I will have lots of fun looking at all your awesome knots!!!! Have fun...but do it soon...this contest will end THIS FRIDAY (02/04/11) at 6pm CST!!! So GO! GO! GO! ;)
Happy Snow Day Friends~
LIZZY aka The Fisherbabe
**if you aren't one of the lucky two, remember to visit http://www.tailknottr.com/ to get your very own!!!
This looks too cool! I'm the worst at tying knots, so this could be super handy!
ReplyDeleteHere are the knots I use most often depending on the connection: Palomar, Modified Albright, Modified Snell and Rapala. In addition to the Modified Albright I also use Uni-to-Uni or the Blood knot. Curious as to what knots can be tied using this little gadget.
ReplyDeletedoes it tie a davy knot?
ReplyDeleteHey guys I am going to add some of the knots to the post so re-read it ok!!!! :) Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteWell that is just awesome. I could use all the help I can get tying knots, I tend to stick with only the minimum to get the job done.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is a improved cinch knot :D
ReplyDeleteLizzy, Since I am fly fishing now I use the surgeons, snell knot, float stop knot, nail knot, blood knot, arbor knot...etc...this tool would be awesome and it is perfect size for my vest...Keep Smiling
ReplyDeleteMostly I use the Palomar knot. This is a cool looking tool. I have a lot of trouble tying knots because of my hand injury so this could be really useful.
ReplyDeleteTrilene, simple and effective.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... interesting. I'm a bit skeptical, but am interested to get my hands on one of these little tools to see how helpful it really is.
ReplyDeleteI use a lot of braid, so my favorite knot is the palomar. But I still probably use the improved cinch knot the most.
As a flyfisher, I use the double surgeon's knot for tippet and the Orvis knot to tie on the fly. Double nail knots come in handy, too. I'd love to give this tool a try, and open beers with it if nothing else!!
ReplyDeleteWell, Lizzy, this useful little tool and your praise of it has me hooked! Over the years, I have tied fairly regularly, Nail Knots, Surgeons Knots, some Rapala Knots etc. Your right, everyone should have one in their tackle box or vest.
ReplyDeleteThought I commented on this already... this tool looks very interesting. I regularly use surgeon knots and improved clinch knots along with a nail knot to join line together.
ReplyDeleteSounds cool, I usually on tie the Palomar & the Improved Clinch
ReplyDeleteMy favorite knot is the knot that someone else ties! LOL! I have not had real success with my knots!
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Lizzie, this thing LOOKS good, too!
Allison
First time reading your blog...I love it so far! My favorite knot is the improved clinch because it was the first knot I ever learned as a child.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite and the knot I use the most is called a palomar knot. It was originally used for braid because as you know braid will cut itself. What we have found id this little knot is stronger than any other knot we use, even on mono. You can see it on www.gigharborfishing.com.
ReplyDeleteLizzy you kick ass!!