Remembering fishing knots when in a boat, on the shore, or standing in the water is something every angler can struggle with ...

Most anglers who are used to the easy casting and limp nature of monofilament dislike fluorocarbon because it can be hard, stiff, and difficult to tie knots with. Tatsu addresses these weaknesses ...

While knots are typically associated with shoelaces or tangled cords, researchers have demonstrated that they can also be formed using laser light beams. In a recent study published in Nature ...

The Traverse City Coast Guard Auxiliary will host a 3-hour class on knots Thursday, May 1.The 3-hour class on mariner knots, boat radio and weather is offered to those interested in learning more ...

While tying optical knots is still a technology in its infancy—they were only discovered about two decades ago—it has several potential applications. Information could be encoded into their ...

Monofilament? Fluorocarbon ... I’ve also found it to be an easy line to spool on the reel. It also knots easily and pairs well with a fluorocarbon leader for clearer waters.

The work shows that optical knots could be used as a reliable method to transmit encoded information or to measure turbulence in pockets of air. Knots are generally understood to form due to ...

High school teacher Dan Kreft has brought a course to Hinckley-Finlayson High School that should be the envy of students all ...

It lacks the abrasion resistance of monofilament. Without a leader as ... While there are many knots you can use to connect braid and leader, these three are — in my opinion, at least ...

Her new project—the Blue Knots—releases its sun-dappled debut album, Becoming Noise, on April 25. The outsider folk elements informing her earlier Rio en Medio project are still very much ...