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Pass your line around the clamp. Ensure that the line is held tight at all times and rotate the tyer away from you ensuring your line lays directly underneath the spade of the hook. The knot tying tool is made from high-quality stainless steel and features nippers, an eye cleaner, a nail knot tool, and a D-ring for adding it to a retractor.The downsides to this knot tying tool are that it is quite expensive for what it is, so it is not great value, and it doesn’t work that well for large hooks or swivels. Pros The matchman hook tyer is the most popular model in the UK and is supplied on a card that includes full instructions on how to use it. There are also many instruction videos on how to use it. If you are looking for a great hook tyer without any other additional tools, then this is the best you can buy. Unscrew the clamp wheel and pull gently on the line coming from the spade. Your hook and line will pull from the tyer, whilst tightening the knot. At this point it helps to add a bit of spit to the knot to help reduce friction. Once tight, trim the excess line.

You can then place a hook, jig head, fly, or swivel into the plastic disc and close it. This holds the hook/jig/fly/swivel in place and keeps both hands free to thread your line through the eye, keep the line under tension, and tie a reliable and strong knot.Rotate the tyer away from you for one full turn ensuring the loose line lays tight to the spade. Upon the next rotation, angle the looses line so that you begin whipping down the shank. Thanks very much for reading my article. I hope you enjoyed it and found the perfect knot-tying tool for your style of fishing. Just remember to choose the right knot tying tool for your fishing needs, as each one is very different from the next. The TYEPRO Fishing Knot Tying Tool makes tying knots about as easy as it can be. We have all experienced, as we have gotten older, how much harder it has become to thread the line through the eye of a hook, especially with tiny hooks and super thin lines, but this tying solves that for you. Overall, this is an excellent fly fishing knot tying tool if you tie nail knots often as it is perfect for that, affordable, and durable too. The only downside is that it only helps you tie nail knots and not a full range of knots. Pros