How to Tie an Angler's Loop

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Welcome to my channel How to Knot and in this video, I will be showing you how to tie an angler’s loop. Typically this knot is really only used in camping and fishing. This can be somewhat of a bulky knot, typically used for fishing line or smaller diameter ropes. Unfortunately it is difficult to untie after a load or if it has became wet, therefore it does jam somewhat easily.

Start by creating an overhand knot.

Feed the working end back through the overhand knot as if you were untying it.

Wrap the working end around the standing part and feed it back through the original overhand knot.

Tighten now.

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[VanillaLibrarian]

I don't get why this isn't the most common method of tying it. Almost all other instructions require you to pull the final loop through another loop, removing the option to tie it around a post the way you can with a bowline or indeed when you tie a perfection loop this way instead. Nice video!