How to Tie an Egg Loop

An egg loop also is known as a bait loop or bumper knot. Use it to tie a fishing line to a hook while providing a loop so you can attach loose bait such as an egg cluster to it.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Thread the working end of the line through the hook's eye from the top and push it all the way down the shank. Wrap the standing end of the line around the hook's shank and the working end of the line beginning just below the hook's eye.

2. Keep the wraps neat and tight without allowing them to overlap. Complete 15 to 20 wraps and play out several inches of slack on the standing end. Maintain tension on the wrappings so they don't uncoil.

3. Slip the standing end of the line through the hook's eye from the bottom and use the slack produced in Step 2 to make about five additional wraps around the hook, working end and standing end of the line. Wrap the line in the same direction as the ones made in Step 1.

4. Pull the standing end of the line slowly to take up the remaining slack as you release the tension on it and continue pulling the knot tight.

5. Make a bait loop of the desired size by pushing slack line back through the hook's eye with the standing end of line. Pull the line tight after the loose bait has been secured to the loop.