The 10 Best Fishing Knots for Leader & Terminal Connections

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First, let’s address the elephant in the room.

This is how the word “best” is defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary.

“of the highest quality, or being the most suitable, pleasing, or effective type of thing or person”

For me, and for the purpose of clarity in this article, we will take “best” to mean a combination of factors based on the definition of the term. Specifically, this will refer to a given knot’s quality as being:

• suitable to a given fishing application
• pleasing insomuch that it is clear or easy to tie
• effective, in terms of tensile strength and durability.

TL;DR

Terminal Connections

1 Palomar Knot
2 Jansik Knot
3 San Diego Jam Knot
4 Snell Knot
5 Double-Palomar (Trilene Knot)
6 Rapala Loop Knot

Leader Connections

7 Page Rankin Bobbin
8 GT Knot
9 FG Knot
10 Improved Double-Uni Knot