Drop shot knot
Also called: drop shot rig
Ties a hook on the line so it stands out from it, with the weight on a long tag below.
- Use
- Rigs, reels and floats
- Lines
- Monofilament, Fluorocarbon
- Difficulty
- Easy
White: the line to your reel. Orange: the tag end, the part you move. Mirror flips the drawing for tying left-handed.
Steps
Tie a Palomar knot on the hook, leaving a long tag end, 30 to 60 cm, below it.
Hold the hook point up and pass the tag end back through the eye from the point side, so it hangs straight down.
Pull the standing line and the tag apart: the hook should stand out at right angles with its point up. Fix the weight to the end of the tag.
Tips
- Check that the hook's point faces up.
- The hook should stand out square to the line.
Sources
Each step was checked against these written guides:
- Tackle Warehouse, How to rig a drop shot
- Bass Pro Shops 1Source, Drop shot rigging
- Game & Fish, Master the drop-shot rig
Drawings and animation by Fishwake. We give no breaking-strength figures: published numbers differ with the line and the test.
