Fishing and Gear Technology

Unit 5 - Construction of netting/webbing

5.1.Types of knots
There are different types of knots and hitches used in making netting, mending, joining and mounting. They are as follows
Knot:
It is a tie made by one end of a rope or twine at some parts of its own body to make a loop or overcome other object to get it fastened to it.
Hitch:
Hitch is made of series of knots by which one rope is joined to another or made fast to some object such as spar.

• Sheet bend knot/English knot – It is made by passing the end of one line through the eye or bight of the other around the eye and under itself.
• Double sheet bend knot – It is a similar knot of single sheet bend but with the end rope led twice underneath the eye instead of once.
• Fisherman’s knot – This knot is made of two overhand knots which slide together when the ropes are pulled forming a firm knot.
• Overhand knot – It is formed by passing the end of the line over the standing part and through the eye.
• Square knot/Reef knot – This knot is formed of two overhand knots with the ends always falling in line with outer parts.
• Bowline – It is a knot tied in such a way as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope.
• Figure of eight knot – It is a knot made in the end of a rope by passing the end of the rope over and round the standing part, over its own part and through the bight.
• Sheep shank – It consists of two long bights in the rope and a half hitch over the end of each bight made in the standing part of the rope.
• Clove hitch – Bend formed by two half hitches, the second reversed so that the stand part is between the hitches.
• Rolling hitch – It is made like clove hitch with an intermediate round turn.
• Round turn and two half hitches – it is made by taking a full turn round the post or bollard and finishing the knot off with two half hitches round the standing part of the rope.