HOW TO TIE THE FG KNOT:
Hello everybody. Welcome back to Fishthatwontquit. Today I'm going to show you how to tie the FG knot.
The FG knot is one of the strongest knots used to tie braid to monofilament or braid to
fluorocarbon, but it is one of the more difficult knots to learn. So let's get
started. In my left I have my monofilament line, i'll be using the green line, and
the right is my yellow braid. The first step is to lay your braid on top
of your monofilament creating a cross, and have about six inches of
monofilament tag end to work with here. And then on the bottom we have
about eight to ten inches of braid to work with. Now the first step here is to
run this braid under and over your monofilament tag end. Some people like to
just tuck this under their thumb and move on to the next step, but I like to
do a different process to make sure that knot is forming correctly. So what I do
is I actually grab it here with my left hand, and with my right hand I grab the mono
tag and the braid main. And in my left hand I have my mono main and my braid
tag. And you pulling all four and what happens is your braid will make a cross
on your monofilament just like so. That's perfect. So go ahead and grab that with
your left hand and then you can do the same process with your braid main side.
So under the monofilament tag and over. I like to grab it here with my left and
then with the right hand I grab the mono tag and the braid tag. In my left hand I
have the braid main and the mono main. And we're doing the same thing just
making sure that the braid sits right up against the previous loop you just did.
Okay so that's one set and you do a total of ten sets making it 20 loops. So
we'll do the same process here. So the the braid tag over, around, grab with your
left, grab the right sides, and cinch that braid up against the previous. That's two
for the bottom and then we'll do two for the top. Grab and cinch.
And we'll do that a total 10 times on each side so we got three... three... four...
four...five, five. Remember your goal is to just keep
having these butt up against the previous and make it a nice clean set of loops. So
we got six here six & six seven seven
eight eight
nine nine, and the final set here for ten and ten.
Alright so you should actually be left with something that looks similar to the
beginning of your knot with your braid main going up, braid tag.. your mono tag...
and your mono main going left. You have the first set of the FG knot started here.
Now the second step of this whole knot is to do half hitches. So what you'll
want to do is run your braid main and mono tag along each other, and I like to
grab it just like so. And with your braid tag, it's what you're going to be
using to make the half hitches. So what you'll do is place the braid around both...
back, and up through the loop. And you'll cinch this down to the FG knot. your
started now what I like to do is actually use my teeth to cinch this a
little easier. You grab your side with your hands and then the little tag end
with your teeth and just snug that up, and make sure your half hitches are
going up against your previous loops. So that's one half hitch around both, and
you're going to do that again. I like to actually run this half hitch off the
opposite way. So you go under both, around... and down through your
loop. And we'll cinch that down to the FG knot same process with my teeth here.
Okay really making sure that it's just going up against that previous
half-hitch. So you have those two half hitches set. Now you do two more half
hitches, but not along both lines, just along the braided. So move over your
mono, grab your braid main here. Your braid tag will do to set to half hitches.
So around, under, and through, and pulling it snug. I'll be using my teeth again
here. Okay, and one more time but in the opposite direction. Under, around, and down
through that loop, and snug this up as well.
Okay so now you have all your half hitches done,
and you're actually wanting to set these half pitches a little bit
better. So what I do is I grab the braid tag end with my right. Actually grab my
mono tag and my braid main with my left, and I
leave the mono hanging... and really snug this down. Make sure you just get that
half hitch set as hard as you can. Okay now you can let go of that and the next
step is going to be the most critical of this knot. And that's to set these first
loops down onto your monofilament. So you want to lubricate this knot this moment
and then you're going to be grabbing the main part of your braid and the main
part of your mono... and you're going to really cinch this knot. Let's move these
tag ends out of the way. Cinch this as hard as you can and your braid should
start almost changing colors on your monofilament meaning you're setting that
knot right into the monofilament making it a good connection. Okay now you have
to do that step before you cut off the tag ends. Now you have the monofilament
tag end to cut here and cut that as close as you can to your previous knots and
that'll make it run through your guides a little bit easier. Now some people like
to make a finishing knot with this braid tag to cover your mono that you just cut
but I don't find that necessary and actually cut the knot at this point... and
with the braid tag just a nice clean cut. It doesn't have to be right up against
the knot as braid is easier to go through guides. And then what you're left
with is completed FG Knot. I'm pulling on this as hard as I can right now and it
is not budging. Alright guys I hope you liked the video.
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