The surgeon’s knot can be used to tie together both lines of equal and unequal sizes.

Overlap the loop with the 2 parallel lines enough to tie a double overhand knot. A double overhand knot is just a regular overhand knot, the most basic knot you probably already know how to tie, but with an additional pass through the loop.

If you don’t have enough slack to tie an overhand knot, then start over and make a bigger loop.

The double overhand knot will look like a little braid at this point. You can make a third pass through the loop if you want to make what’s called a triple surgeon’s knot.

The knot will now look like a tight little “X” shape.

The surgeon’s knot is very strong for how simple it is to tie. This makes it a great first knot to learn for tying 2 lines together!

The double uni knot is a simple and fast way to tie any 2 lines together. It’s a strong and reliable knot that works for all types of fishing line.

This loop is sometimes referred to as the “uni knot circle. ”

This is what forms the actual knot that keeps the lines together and is often referred to as “tying the uni knot. ”

You will now have a tightly formed uni knot with 6 stacked coils, like a little spring.

You will now have 2 tight uni knots with some space in between them.

The double uni knot has a strength rating of about 90% and will hold your lines together in almost all fishing scenarios.

Make sure that you have pulled the knots together as tightly as you can before you snip off the tag ends.

The Albright knot can be used to tie together lines of the same diameter or unequal lines.

Pinch the loop at the bottom of the loop to keep it together while you work on tying the knot.

There are 3 strands of line to wrap around because you are wrapping the line around itself as well as the other line that you looped. Remember to always wrap with the thinner line if you are tying together 2 lines of different diameters.

The tag end is the end you just use to wrap and tie the knot, and the standing line is the long part that you didn’t wrap with.

If you joined 2 unequal lines, then the ends of the thinner line are what you pull on to tighten the knot.

Remember to double-check that the knot is tightened as far as it will go before clipping the tag ends.