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Angler's loop

Names	Angler's loop, Perfection loop
Category	Loop
Releasing	Jamming
Typical use	Fishing, forming a fixed loop in bungee cord
ABoK	#1017, #1035, #2067
Instructions

An angler's loop, otherwise known as a perfection loop, is a type of knot which forms a fixed loop. Useful for fine or slippery line, it is one of the few loop knots which holds well in bungee cord. It is quite secure, but it jams badly and is not suitable if the knot will need to be untied.

Tying

Angler's loop may be tied

alone and then used,
- it may be tied in the bight or at the working end
- it may be tied one handed
- it may be fashioned with several loops
- it may be locked for additional stability
- it may be tied at high speed in an emergency
it may be tied through an object (typically a ring).

Start with a loop near the working end
Continue with two loops around standing end
one large and one small in the middle
Pull the large loop over the small (working end) and through the first loop
Tighten pulling in all three directions.

Angler's loop may be tied around the hand, it may also be tied this way one handed, or with several loops if need be:

Hold the working end, loop the standing end 3 times around the palm
Pull the outmost loop inwards under the first two
Pull the next outmost over the one(s) in the middle and under the now innermost loop
Pull the now innermost loop(s) and the standing end to tighten.
Done.

Angler's loop may be locked additionally with half hitches

Angler's loop may be fashioned with several loops (then locking may be necessary)

Structure

Overhand knot on standing part and half-hitch by the working end.

References

Blandford, Percy W. (2012). Practical Knots and Ropework, page 92, Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486148656.

Bloomsbury Publishing (2013). The Knot Bible: The Complete Guide to Knots and Their Uses, page 143. A & C Black. ISBN 9781408155875.

Budworth, Geoffrey (2012). The Knot Book Hachette UK. ISBN 9780716023159.

Finazzo, Scott (2016). Prepper's Guide to Knots: The 100 Most Useful Tying Techniques for Surviving any Disaster, page 117, Ulysses Press. ISBN 9781612436302.

Popular Mechanics (2008). How to Tempt a Fish: A Complete Guide to Fishing, page 78, Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 9781588167262.

Toss, Brion and Gae Pilon (2009). Chapman Knots for Boaters, pages 68–68, Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 9781588167781.

Whippy, Jim (2013). Reeds Knot Handbook: A Pocket Guide to Knots, Hitches and Bends, pages 82–83, A & C Black. ISBN 9781472902610.

External links

Perfection (Angler's) Loop Knot. animatedknots.com.

Knots

By type

Bends	Adjustable Albright special Ashley's Alpine butterfly Basket weave Beer Blood Carrick Double fisherman's Fisherman's Flemish Grief Halyard Harness Heaving line Hunter's Nail One-sided overhand Racking Sheet Shoelace Shroud Simple Simon under Single carrick Surgeon's Surgeon's loop Triple fisherman's True lover's Water Zeppelin
Binding	Boa Bottle sling Constrictor Corned beef Granny Ground-line hitch Jamming Miller's Packer's Reef Strangle Thief Transom
Climbing	Autoblock Bachmann Beer Bowline on a bight Alpine butterfly Directional figure eight Double bowline Farmer's loop Figure-eight Figure-eight loop Figure-of-nine loop Friction hitch Klemheist Munter hitch Noose Overhand loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline
Coils & shanks	Chain sinnet Sheepshank
Decorative	Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship Ghiordes & Senneh Matthew Walker Turk's head Wall and crown (triple crown knot)
Fishing (angling)	Angler's loop Arbor Bimini twist Blood Fisherman's Improved clinch Knotless Nail Palomar Snell Trilene Triple fisherman's Turle Uni
Hitches	Adjustable grip Anchor bend Axle Bachmann Bale sling Barrel Becket Blackwall Blake's Boom Buntline Cat's paw Clove Cow Distel Double overhand noose Falconer's Farrimond friction Friction hitch Garda Ground-line Half Halter Highpoint Highwayman's Hitching tie Icicle Improved clinch Killick Knute Lobster buoy Marlinespike Munter Ossel Pile Pipe Sailor's Snuggle Swing Taut-line Timber Trucker's Tumble
Loop	Angler's Artillery loop Bale sling hitch Bowline Bumper Carrick bend loop Cossack Cowboy bowline Diamond Double bowline Dropper loop Eskimo bowline Fiador Fireman's chair Friendship knot Halter hitch Handcuff Honda Jury mast Overhand Portuguese bowline Rigid double splayed loop in the bight Slippery eight Span Spanish bowline Tom fool's Trident Triple bowline Water bowline Yosemite bowline Zeppelin
Running (slip)	Hangman's Running bowline Running highwayman's hitch Tarbuck
Splices & splicing	Eye Fid Marlinspike Rat-tail T Western Union
Stopper	Ashley's stopper Button Double overhand Figure-eight knot Monkey's fist Overhand Stevedore
Whipping	Common Overhand knot with draw-loop Portuguese Sailmaker's West Country

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