[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-egg-loop-knot":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":11,"category":31,"definitionShort":32,"description":17,"disciplineTags":33,"extension":35,"meta":36,"navigation":37,"path":38,"relatedCards":39,"relatedTerms":41,"seo":45,"sourceRef":46,"stem":47,"term":5,"__hash__":48},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fegg-loop-knot.md","Egg Loop Knot",[7,8,9,10],"egg loop","egg-loop","bumper tie","bumper-tie knot",{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":27},"minimark",[14,18,21,24],[15,16,17],"p",{},"The egg loop is the steelhead and salmon angler's bait knot. Instead of piercing your bait with the hook — which destroys soft baits like single eggs or sand shrimp — you trap it inside a loop of leader tied to the hook shank.",[15,19,20],{},"Why it matters: a clean, intact bait drifts more naturally and stays on the hook through multiple casts. A pierced bait flags as fake to pressured fish and tears off quickly.",[15,22,23],{},"The knot tightens around the shank when you set the hook, so the bait is held firmly until the fish bites — then it slides off as the hook penetrates the fish's jaw. The standard tie uses 8-15 wraps of leader around the shank, with the tag end passing through the eye twice to lock.",[15,25,26],{},"If you fish eggs or shrimp for migratory fish, this is the knot. Learn it before you go.",{"title":28,"searchDepth":29,"depth":29,"links":30},"",2,[],"knot","A loop-style snell knot tied around the shank of a hook so a soft bait (single salmon egg, sand shrimp, cluster of eggs) can be pinched into the loop and held in place without piercing the bait.",[34],"bait","md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fegg-loop-knot",[40],"the-egg-loop-knot",[42,43,44],"leader","tippet","loop-knot",{"description":17},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Fegg-loop-knot","AEGRJCpdArC1TIZ5_8bdLa5GnOfsbaBCo1NFWajIcoA"]