The Needle knot is the safest way to attach lead core to your main line. It’s also the most unobtrusive knot so anything, like a rubber bead, can pass over it easily should a break off occur. Here's how you tie it...
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1. Burn the end which rolls the outer skin back to reveal the lead core and it stops the end from fraying. |
2. Pull back a couple of inches of lead core. |
3. Break off the inner core so you're left with a couple of inches of hollow outer skin. |
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4. Cut the end of your main line with sharp scissors – this is important otherwise you won’t be able to thread it into the skin. |
5. Slide the line into the hole until it meets the lead. Bend it over where the end of the lead is situated |
6. Then, twizzle or twist your line and it will emerge from the skin. |
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7. Now all you do is form a loop... |
8. ... and go through the loop with the tag end five or six times. |
9. Whet the knot with saliva before pulling it tight and the job's a good 'un! |
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