Learn three different ways to tie a bowline, the King of Knots. We will show you how to tie a bowline knot diagram. The bowline (pronounced bo-lin) is the single most important knot for all outdoors ...

Do you tie your lures and flies on with a loop knot? If you answered no, don’t fret. I can’t tell you how many anglers I’ve met that don’t incorporate a loop knot into their repertoire of ties. I ...

Learn how to tie the re-threaded bowline, a strong double-loop variation of the classic bowline knot. This version offers ...

The Mule Knot (a.k.a releasable knot) is ideal to lock off the rope on the belay plate. There are many occasions in climbing when, belaying from the harness using a device which does not self-arrest ...

The perfection loop fishing knot is a foundation knot for fly fisherman. It is used to tie the butt section of fly leaders to make loop to loop connections with fly line. It is one of the best knots ...

Packing a throw rope back in its bag can be a tedious task. Here are some tips I’ve picked up over the years to make things a little easier. Do you have a rope? Do you know how to use it? I find ...

The other day I got to reading an old book I loved when I was young: We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, by Arthur Ransome. It’s part of the Swallows and Amazons series. The books revolve around four ...

All belay lines must be connected dorsally to a Class 3 harness. All knots require safeties. Two-tensioned rope systems solve all problems. All technical rescues and trainings that were conducted over ...

This story was originally featured on Field & Stream. Fishing line has advanced remarkably in the past few decades. Nylon monofilament, fluorocarbon, and so-called “superline” give fishermen ...

A century-old physics question had scientists and mathematicians in knots, until two researchers at the University of Chicago annihilated them. Dustin Kleckner, a postdoctoral scientist, and William ...