Page 31 - Joseph B. Healy "The Pocket Guide to Fishing Knots"

Clinch Knot

Let’s assume you reject the dynamite or hand grenade approach to fish
collection—and so for most anglers, this is the first fishing knot learned:
to state the obvious, you need to know how to secure your hook or lure to

your fishing line, otherwise you will catch no fish. The Clinch Knot does
the job, and it can be improved—as with the Improved Clinch Knot, which
is the next knot listed here. You can do a lot with this knot. In fly-fishing,
by tying it with a long tag end, you can tie a dropped fly for a tandem-fly
rig (when it’s legal), or you can tie a dropper off the hook bend of the first
fly. Be deliberate when learning this knot—the confidence you get tying

this one knot will help you step up to other knots necessary for other
uses.

1. Pass the end of the tippet through the hook eye and form a loop with
your thumb and forefinger, extending over the standing part of the
tippet.