This is your custom rod, huh?
[Bandit:] That's the One-Arm Bandit Rod.
That looks so light.
[Erin:] I know! [Bandit:] I'm going to demon--
I'm going to demonstrate something.
[Erin:] Demonstrate. [Bandit:] You might want to get this on camera.
Ha ha ha.
[Bandit:] This is how a one-arm man fishes.
[Erin:] Woah.
[Brendon:] That looks like it works pretty well.
[Bandit:] That just went 140 yards.
You fishermen with two hands,
you're jealous.
[Erin laughing] Awesome.
Hey, everybody,
we are at One-Arm Bandit's
it's a Tackle Shop in North Carolina,
and um,
we're going to learn how to tie a shock leader,
a shock leader will prevent you from losing a really big fish,
casting over and over again,
really puts strain on your regular line,
and a shock leader will take some of that pressure off,
and keep your line strong.
[Bandit:] Okay, are we ready?
[Brendon:] Yeah. [Bandit:] Here comes dad, okay.
Now I'm going to need help with this
because I only have one hand,
so,
this is what we gonn do.
'Kay?
I'm going to make a circle,
'kay? [Brendon:] Mhmm, a circle.
[Bandit:] We're going to run it through once,
we're going to run it through...
twice,
what does that do?
It makes a figure 8.
See it?
[Brendon:] Ahh.
So,
give me some line on it.
Let's do it this way, this way, this way.
'Kay.
You step over here.
Dad, come over here.
[Dad:] Yes sir. [Erin:] Get in there.
[Bandit:] You hold the reel.
[Brendon:] Put it in the first eye in the 8.
[Bandit:] Put it in the second way,
the second eye...
You see how that line is laying flat?
In the 8? That's how you want it. [Brendon:] Mhmm.
'Kay, now let me--let go of the line.
You hold that line.
'Kay, you're going to wrap this 12 times.
[Brendon:] 6...
7...
8...
9...
10...
11...
12. [Bandit:] Now,
If you was trying--tying mono to mono,
only wrap it eight times.
You gonna bring it back through
this first loop,
[Dad:] I see, the first loop. [Brendon:] Okay.
[Bandit:] 'Kay?
Now.
That,
pull it a little bit together,
[Brendon:] Tighten up that end a little bit. [Bandit:] Not much, now,
what you want to do
is you want to lube it up.
[Brendon:] Get it all wet.
[Bandit:] and then you want to cinch it, so... (indistinguishable)
Whatever.
Cinch it.
[Brendon:] Oh, nice.
And look how pretty a knot that is.
[Brendon:] That is nice. [Bandit:] Now, hold that,
finger nail clips...
This is my grandpa right here.
[Dad:] Oh!
[Erin:] Hi, Grandpa. [Bandit:] That's Grandpa Pete. [Brendon:] That's not your brother?
[Grandpa Pete:] I don't fish.
[Brendon:] You don't fish? [Bandit:] Okay.
[Bandit:] Hold that.
[Dad:] Hold that, Brendon.
[Bandit:] Hold that.
Now, since this is braid, it will come through your eyes
very easily,
you always want to leave
about an inch
because that allows for slippage.
[Grandpa Pete:] Right. [Brendon:] 'Kay. Otherwise you're going to lose the whole knot, it could slip.
[Bandit:] Yes.
After you get done,
[Brendon:] Give it another pull?
[Bandit:] Now,
this is what we're gonn do,
go ahead.
See, I don't know how long of a rod you've got.
[Brendon:] 10'6".
[Bandit:] Go ahead.
Okay.
[Grandpa Pete:] Want me to cut it off right there?
[Bandit:] Now, since we don't have the rod, go ahead and reel it up.
Okay.
Go ahead.
Okay, hold that.
Now, you think you can tie that knot?
I think I can, with practice, I can do it,
and I'm going to watch the video, [Erin:] Over and over again. [Bandit:] That is the easiest knot...
[Brendon:] That was really pretty,
It was really nice looking. [Bandit:] It's a slim beauty,
Figure 8. [Brendon:] It's called a slim beauty...
[Bandit:] But always remember that that line has to go straight through that figure 8.
If it goes up and down,
come back through the other way.
[Brendon:] Okay, it needs to sit straight when that figure eight--
You don't want it to be crooked and tighten it like that.
You want it to go straight through, okay.
[Bandit:] And always remember to lube it up.
On braid, wrap it 12 times,
on monofilament, wrap it 6 to about 8 times.
[Dad:] Alright! [Brendon:] Okay. [Erin:] Thank you so much.
[Bandit:] So now you know how to tie a shock knot.
[Brendon:] Thank you.
One Arm Bandit taught me how to tie
a shock leader,
and this, this will prevent-- this'll--
put strain on this line rather than our main line
so that we won't be losing any big fish.
Is that correct? [Bandit:] That's right.
[Brendon:] Okay, cool. If anybody's in North Carolina,
need some fishing insight,
need some advice,
come to One Arm Bandit,
he's full of knowledge,
very helpful,
and I appreciate , I appreciate the help. [Bandit:] The name of the store is Right On 12.
[Erin:] Right On 12.
[Bandit:] Right on 12. [Brendon:] The name of the store is called
Right On 12.
Yup, in Hatteras--we're in Hatteras, right?
Buxton.
In Buxton, North Carolina.
[Erin:] Right on 12.
This is not frozen.
This is--is was swimming yesterday.
Yeah, we're going to come back and use this for bait later.
So I learned how to tie a shock leader.
Next episode,
we're going to put it to action.
Thank you guys for watching, I hope that this can help you,
you know, we stopped into this bait shop and he was so helpful
we wanted to share--we wanted to share with everybody
uh, the information that we're learning,
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