[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-card-the-clinch-knot":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"applyCta":6,"authorId":10,"body":11,"cardType":62,"description":17,"difficulty":63,"discipline":64,"editorId":10,"extension":68,"glossaryRefs":69,"hook":72,"meta":73,"navigation":74,"path":75,"publishedAt":76,"readingSeconds":77,"regionTags":78,"relatedCards":79,"safetyDisclaimerRequired":82,"seo":83,"status":84,"stem":85,"track":86,"updatedAt":76,"version":63,"__hash__":87},"learn_cards\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fthe-clinch-knot.md","The Improved Clinch Knot",{"label":7,"action":8,"target":9},"See it on the Provo","open_water","provo-river",null,{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":58},"minimark",[14,18,21,52,55],[15,16,17],"p",{},"You'll tie this knot fifty times before your first fish. Get it down so your fingers can do it without your eyes.",[15,19,20],{},"The steps:",[22,23,24,28,36,39,46,49],"ol",{},[25,26,27],"li",{},"Pass the tippet through the eye of the hook. Pull about six inches through.",[25,29,30,31,35],{},"Wrap the tag end around the standing line ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"five to seven times",".",[25,37,38],{},"Pass the tag end back through the small loop near the eye of the hook.",[25,40,41,42,45],{},"Now back through the ",[32,43,44],{},"big loop"," you just made by step 3. (This is the \"improved\" part — without it, the knot slips on small hooks.)",[25,47,48],{},"Wet it (saliva works), then pull both ends slowly until the wraps coil down tight against the eye.",[25,50,51],{},"Trim the tag end short.",[15,53,54],{},"Common mistakes: too few wraps (won't hold above 4lb test), forgetting step 4 (knot slips), pulling tight without wetting (friction weakens the line by 20%+).",[15,56,57],{},"In the cold, your fingers stop working before you notice. Practice this knot at home until you can do it with gloves on.",{"title":59,"searchDepth":60,"depth":60,"links":61},"",2,[],"knot","1",[65,66,67],"fly","spin","bait","md",[70,71],"tippet","leader","The only knot you need to tie a fly on. Holds, doesn't slip, fast in the cold.",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fthe-clinch-knot","2026-05-07","70",[],[80,81],"your-starter-kit","the-overhead-cast",false,{"title":5,"description":17},"published","learn\u002Fcards\u002Fthe-clinch-knot","first-cast","Gjo4nv0UL4jUwNOR-dE3T1up-h58whJHRBFG6oo8Xr4"]