Egg Loop Knot
Wrap stack · Constriction
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Finished structure
No drawing of this exact knot yet. The written steps are the reference.
Egg Loop Knot — finished-state checks, on the shared reference layout
When this family fails, it fails as these. The recovered end still outranks the name.
Wraps on the shank that capture the eye; the hook is the hardware.
- !Wraps walked off the shank
- !Eye never captured — the snell is a clinch in disguise
- !Bait loop closed, or the hair not trapped
- !Leader end short of the bend, so the wraps do not trap it and the knot pulls loose
- !First wraps crossed or gapped, so the column loosens under load
- !Wraps not pinched while the leader is threaded or pulled through, so they unwind
- !Second wraps pulled tight by hand, which jams the leader and no bait loop forms
Shank wraps stacked on each other
Column cuts the line or walks onto the bend
Even shank wraps to the eye carry the bait loop · step 02
Seat closed the bait loop
A closed egg loop cannot hold bait
The open bait loop is the job — dress wraps without shrinking it · step 03
Loop size set after the wraps
Bait sits wrong and the loop will not hold
Set hair/loop length before the shank column · step 01
Loop collapses or slides
Check
- ?Parallel wrap inspection
- ?Loop size under light tension
Then
- →Retie with even wraps
Finished check failed — Loop collapses under light tension
Check
- ?Loop sized for bait holds after seating
- ?Shank wraps ordered
- ?Loop does not collapse
Then
- →Retie. A collapsed egg loop dumps bait on the first cast.
Shank wraps stacked on each other
Check
- ?Column cuts the line or walks onto the bend
- ?Inspect step 02
Then
- →Retie. Do not dress a defective structure and call it seated.
Seat closed the bait loop
Check
- ?A closed egg loop cannot hold bait
- ?Inspect step 03
Then
- →Retie. Do not dress a defective structure and call it seated.
Loop size set after the wraps
Check
- ?Bait sits wrong and the loop will not hold
- ?Inspect step 01
Then
- →Retie. Do not dress a defective structure and call it seated.
Same failure class, different geometry. Open the plates — Diagnose still starts from the symptom.
What holds it
- ·A snell is a shank column. On-axis pull is the job. The hook is the object the wraps bear on.
- ·If the barrel sits mid-shank the hook rotates. That is geometry, not a change of knot type in the mathematical sense.
What topology does not predict
- ·Closed-curve knot theory has nothing to say about shank alignment.
- ·Bait-loop size (egg loop) is a set dimension, not an invariant.
- ·No rating is invented for circle vs J-hook.
Not for
- ·Ring-eye-only terminals with no shank to wrap — unless the record says otherwise
- ·Treating a floating Uni on the standing line as a finished snell
- ·Lure-only terminals
- ·Quick lure changes
Same pattern, different job
No sourced twin among these knots. Related knots stay on the Library card.
- Knot — practical vs mathematical (Wikipedia) — Closed-curve knot theory ignores friction. Practical knots are classified by function.
- Patil et al. — Topological mechanics of knots and tangles (Science, 2020) — Lab rods: simple topological counts correlate with stability. Not a field rating table.
- FishingKnots.com strength database (Egg Loop band) — Recovered from the historical MODEL_SOURCES registry.
- Hook the Horizon — Egg Loop — Recovered from the same record’s historical Hook the Horizon resource URL.
- NetKnots — Egg Loop Knot
- Take Me Fishing — Egg Loop Knot
- Fishthatwontquit — Fishing Knots: Egg Loop Knot - How to Tie an Egg Loop Knot — Cited tying video already attached to this record.