How to Thread a Fishing Hook

Video Transcript

"ALVIN DEDEAUX: After we've got the hook in the vice, the next thing to do is attach our thread. And I'm going to kinda wrap it around the hook, like so, and just wrap backwards until I capture that thread and then make sure it's in there. Okay, that's good. I got it. Take my scissors and cut it off the closest I can without cutting the thread. If we cut it, it's pretty obvious because the bobbin will fall down. And since I'm going to start tying my materials from the back of the hook, I'm going to go ahead and wrap my thread back to the back of the hook. In this fly, you don't want to build up too much extra material. So I'll just go ahead and wrap it back and I'm going to start tying it right about where the point of the hook is. So I want to make sure that I don't cut that thread. This is a fairly light thread, so you really want to be careful, don't cut it on the eye that hooks one. And get it back here, I just sort of turn it at a little bit of an angle, back at the back of the hook. Our thread is nice and safe, and I'm ready to start putting some materials on."