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How to tie a san diego jam knot

An eye attachment with downward wraps around a doubled section. This 40 lb example uses three turns; Animated Knots gives 7–8 turns for 10 lb line.

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Where should you use it?

Line: mono, fluoro, braid. Use: hook, lure. The standing line goes to the reel; the tag is the free end. A bight is a folded section of line.

Animated Knots: San Diego Jam

Standing line

Tag end or working bight

A white gap at a crossing shows the strand passing over.

How do you tie it step by step?

  1. Step 1: Pass a long tag through the eye and lay it back beside the standing line. Hold an upper loop.
    01 Pass a long tag through the eye and lay it back beside the standing line. Hold an upper loop.
  2. Step 2: For this 40 lb example, wrap the tag downward three times around both strands toward the eye. Keep the upper loop open.
    02 For this 40 lb example, wrap the tag downward three times around both strands toward the eye. Keep the upper loop open.
  3. Step 3: Pass the tag through the lower opening near the eye, then back up through the held upper loop.
    03 Pass the tag through the lower opening near the eye, then back up through the held upper loop.
  4. Step 4: Wet and draw down slowly so the wraps stay in a spiral. Seat against the eye and trim.
    04 Wet and draw down slowly so the wraps stay in a spiral. Seat against the eye and trim.

What should you check before casting?

The tag must return through the upper loop. Do not allow the descending wraps to overlap.

Wet the line before tightening. Pull firmly on the finished connection, inspect the wraps, and retie if they overlap or the line is damaged. No knot-strength percentage is claimed.

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