which knot is used to make a loop?

[Lorenzoid]

I see a couple of old threads, but didn't find a definitive answer as to what knot to use to make a loop at the end of the line coming off the reel. My first inclination is the bowline, which is still embedded in my memory from Boy Scout days. However, I took a look at a reel that already had such a loop provided by the manufacturer (Halcyon), and I could see it is not a bowline.

A link to that animated knot-tying site would be ideal.

 

[Tug]

I usually do a figure eight to form a big loop and then tie an overhand knot at the very end to make a smaller loop. Let me see if I can find a picture...

 

[rhwestfall]

 

[rhwestfall]

 

[ColoDale]

I prefer bowlines if I attach something on the end of a line. They are easily undone but can shake loose with no load so I leave longer tails. This link should work http://www.animatedknots.com/bowlin...png&Website=www.animatedknots.com#ScrollPoint

 

[lowviz]

...//... I took a look at a reel that already had such a loop provided by the manufacturer (Halcyon), and I could see it is not a bowline. ...

Any chance of going back and taking a pic of both sides of the knot? (loop lying flat)

I'm curious as to what the blue H people bless.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Any chance of going back and taking a pic of both sides of the knot? (loop lying flat)

I'm curious as to what the blue H people bless.

Eh, I already undid the knot. The project is to add a plastic ball at the end of the loop.

I'm leaning toward the Perfection Loop or the Water Bowline.

 

[lowviz]

OK, 'H peeps'. Somebody help your own kind.

Post a pair of pics?

 

[rhwestfall]

OK, 'H peeps'. Somebody help your own kind.

Post a pair of pics?

google "money knot" (careful....) ......

 

[lowviz]

Funny on several levels.

Maybe one's first "H" purchase should come with a corporate audio clip of the final line of Casablanca. But then again, they are intimately tied to a not-for-profit organization...