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How to tie an Arbor Knot
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Editor on 23/11/2009 14:29:00
 
Tying Instructions
1. Before attaching the backing to the spool, or arbor, make sure that your reel
has been set-up for your preference of right or left-hand wind.
2. Start by tying a single thumb or overhand knot, in the tag-end of the
backing. Now take this end of the backing and thread it over the spool, round
the spool and out again, between the spool and the reel frame. Make sure that
the backing goes in and out of the right place.
3. Take the knotted tag end and use this to tie an overhand knot around the the
standing part of the backing. Before tightening this knot, work the loop as
close to the arbor as you can and then tighten it. The first knot that you tied
will act as a stopper knot for the second.
Graphics of knots drawn by Tim Pegg of Thilmcraft Graphics. E-mail:
thilm@paston.co.uk