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Summary: Stretching out an albright knot can make it stronger and more resistant to breakage. Learn more about offshore fishing in this free video series.
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"On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Captain Rafael Mayans down here in South Florida with Sea Cross Sports Fishing Inc. Today we are going to explain to you offshore fishing techniques. Back to stretching out the knot, grabbing the tag end on your wire. You are going to pull on it and it is going to lock your monofilament right onto your wire. Now you are going to want to get these tags and you want to take them off. Basically you just grab the knot and just twist the wire and the wire should just perk right off; works right off; perks right off, wire, cut the other tag end off and if you can grab your fingers and go through this like this without perking yourself and then that is an albright knot. "
eHow Article: How to Stretch Out an Albright Knot