How to tie the Blood Knot • FlyFish Circle

Step 1

Put the lines parallel

Put both ends of the line parallel to each other. We'll refer to these as line A and B.

Step 2

Wrap line A around line B

Wrap line A around line B five times, then put it back through the start and hold that part between two fingers.

Step 3

Wrap line B around line A

Now take line B and wrap it around line A five times. Then put the tag end of line B through the loop that was created. It's important that the lines enter the loop at opposite directions, or the knot will fail.

Step 4

Pull the knot tight and snug

Hold the two tag ends, or put them between your teeth, and carefully pull A and B into each other, creating a nice and snug knot.

Step 5

Cut the tag ends

Cut the tag ends of both A and B.

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