How to Tie Fishing Knots for Lures? By Emily Moorey | Submitted On August 28, 2014

The Rapala and the Kreh loop are two of the most popularly used fishing knots for lures. Learn how to tie these to highly effective, non-slip knots.

When it comes to tying a fishing knot for lures you have a number of options available. Rapala, Homer Rhode loop, Non-Slip Mono loop, and Kreh loop are the most popularly used knots for lures. The following guide provides you all the main steps involved in tying these common knots.

Tying the Rapala

If you are looking for one of the most popular ways on how to tie a fishing knot, the Rapala is the ideal answer. This knot helps you form a non-slip loop at the end of the line so that you can connect a lure or fly. The steps involved are as following:

• Tie a loose overhand knot. Pass the rope end through the eye and then through this overhand knot.
• Create three turns around the standing line pass the tag end back through the overhand knot.
• This will form a loop and pass the rope end through it.
• Moisten the line. Hold the rope end and pull the standing line for closing the knot.
• Pull both the standing line and rope end for tightening the knot.

This completes the Rapala knot, and you can use it for tying lures.

Non-Slip Loop or Kreh Knot

How to tie a fishing knot that has a non-slip loop its end? The non-slip loop is also referred to as the Kreh Loop because it was made popular by Lefty Kreh. The loop connection to the lure gives it more natural action, which increase the success rate of this knot. Many fishermen claim that it is easier to tie compared to Rapala knot. How to tie it?

• Create an overhand knot, a few inches from the end. The tag end is then passed through the hook eye and back through the overhand loop.
• The tag end is then wrapped around the standing part (half a dozen times).
• Pas the tag end through the overhand knot. Make sure that it enters from the same side it exited from.
• The knot is moistened and then pulled slowly at the tag end for cinching the wraps. The knot can be sealed by pulling the loop and standing line in opposite directions.

Some of the other fishing knots for lures include the Bimini twist, Seaguar, Pitzen and Trilene knot. But the above-mentioned two knots are among the most popular and widely used ones.

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