Master the Knotless Knot

Basics with the Knotless Knot

The Knotless Knot has become the most common knot used by far when creating many of the rigs used when carp fishing roday. This is down to the fact that it is easy to tie, extremely strong and provides excellent bait presentation in even it’s simplest form.

You start by tying an over hand loop knot in your desired hooklength. This is just a basic loop added to the end of the hooklength which becomes the end of the hair rig. This is sometimes harder than it sounds depending on the material that you are using. Many people find it easier using a baiting needle to help you tie this loop.

The opposite end of the hooklink is then passed through the back of the hook eye as shown. This allows the hair to run down the back of the hook to help with presentation.

The hooklink is then wrapped or ‘whipped’ around the hook 5 or 6 times ensuring that the layers are kept tightly together to keep the knot as strong as possible.

The end of the hooklink is then passed back through the eye of the hook to complete the knotless knot. Depending on what kind of presentation you require you can pass the hooklink through in either direction. The most common way to do this is back through the same way as before, from the opposite side of the hook point, which generally provides more efficient hooking when the carp tries to eject the bait.

All that is required to finish the hooklink is to add whatever you need to the remaining end whether it be a swivel, rig ring or loop depending on the rig that you are creating.

For more advanced carp fishing rig ideas or ideas of what carp rigs you can make using the knotless knot then check out our advanced rig guides.