Blood Knot: Tutorial

Brian Flechsig of Mad River Outfitters and the Midwest Fly Fishing Schools gives Detailed instructions and a few tips for tying the perfect blood knot.

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[ThanksForAnEasyWin]

Explaining this as two clinch knots really brought home the months long confusion with tying this knot and I finally did it tonight.

[philj]

Thanks! I struggled with this knot until you said about 2 clinch knots. That real did it for me and then it was

[nickhumphreys]

Really like how you credit the old timers that did all the hard work.

[josephslavoski]

Opening that angle is a fantastic hint. Made this knot much easier. Great stuff. Thank you.

[gabluesdude]

After dozens of videos showing every way under the sun to tie this knot and countless failed attempts on my part, your 3 simple tips of "use plenty line" and "90 degrees" and "straightening the line" finally helped me get over the hump. I told myself that I could`nt buy a fly rod until I learned this I guess now there`s no excuse!

[chasingfeathersflyfishing]

So I’ve been struggling with a blood knot. Side note, I’m just getting into fly fishing. I’ve watched a few videos and still struggled. I watched your video and 15 minutes later, I’ve tied 5 real nice knots. Thank you so much!!!

[RicardoDCortes]

Thank you! I watched about a dozen videos so far and this is the one video that made it click for me. Awesome tip with the angle.

[shawnwilson]

Thank you, I’ve leaned a lot with watching your videos.

[h]

5:10 that above the shoulder shot really is awesome, thanks!

[masfishing]

Great video! You did a good job with contrast of the lines and zooming camera in for the viewers. So many channels fail in these aspects of filming a video. I think i will finally be able to tie this knot. Thank you!

[Wyfbtr]

A few years back I bough an 8 wt 9 ft Lefty Kreh TFO fly rod and I hope I catch a few salmon with it this weekend. You tie some awesome knots and very well spoken. You make tying all of these knots a breeze.

[ManuelPerez-uwof]

I can't believe that simple trick made a world of difference! I'm a bloodknot pro now.. haha. Thank you!

[quantumaquatic]

Knot tying tool worked super well with this knot.

[danielmahoney]

You dropped Lefty Kreh's name so I'm hooked. I've subscribed and turned on notifications. Thanks for the help.

[KarlMySuitcase]

Yeah I got some spools and just built like 30 leaders over a few days, and now the blood knots is so damn easy, I'll never forget it either.

[fangdelust]

2 clinch knots, that was all I needed to know, thanks Brian you're the Master!!

[stigknutsson]

Fantastic tips to hold the x open. i tried this knot many times but i stop doing it because the loop closed so easely. But now i will do the knot again . A big thanks Brian for the tip. from Stig Knutsson Sweden Gothenburg.

[Kukaj]

That was amazing, thank you first try I was amazed I did it so effect.

[TheHassenpfeffer]

Two clinch knots! OMG, it suddenly makes so much more sense.

[captainkoo]

Thank you for this great explanation! Would a blood knot be appropriate for tying 20 pound test to 12 pound ?