There are far better knots for tying a fly to the leader than the age-old Fisherman’s Knot, and learning and practicing new variations will benefit every angler. Credit: Courtesy of Bill Graves I’m ...

FREEPORT, MAINE — I now have a diploma from L.L.Bean Fly Fishing School. I worry that may come across as bragging, or degree-shaming. But please know that this diploma attests that I “possess the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many of us, untangling our earbuds is the extent of our survivalist knot knowledge. Tying knots is just for sailors and ...

Fishing knots have been around for as long as there have been fishermen that were using nets and the most basic fishing lines. Knots have been and are still used to tie lines together to make fishing ...

Mark Barsocchini sees knots everywhere he goes. In the scarf draped around somebody’s neck, or the shoelaces we tie every day. He’s entranced by something most of us take for granted. “There’s a lot ...

The improved clinch knot has long been the standard for tying lures to fishing lines. In fact, it's so universal among anglers that it's sometimes called the fisherman's knot. It's easy to learn, ...