8 Best Fly Fishing Knots You Should Know How to Tie

This article was originally titled "Connecting the Pieces" in Fly Fisherman's special publication Fly Fishing Made Easy.

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Tying knots is one of the foundational skills in fly fishing. As with casting, fly tying, and entomology, you can use the KISS principle (Keep it Simple, Stupid!) or you can take pride in mastering an important subdiscipline.

While tying a Bimini twist or a Duncan loop isn’t as exciting as fooling a large brown trout, it’s all part of the wonderful, complex world of fly...

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