{"id":5767,"date":"2026-02-17T12:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/2026\/02\/17\/free-inquiry-blog-post-2-knot-tying-and-casting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:21:50","slug":"free-inquiry-blog-post-2-knot-tying-and-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/2026\/02\/17\/free-inquiry-blog-post-2-knot-tying-and-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Inquiry Blog Post #2: Knot Tying and Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"

My last post ended with me going to pickup the necessary line for my rod. I managed to find all this pretty easily at the Canadian tire down the road. I got home unboxed the line, and realized something was wrong. Neither the floating line, or the leader had welded loops. This meant my previous plan wasn\u2019t going to work. I did some research and found out that I would have to cut the initial backing loop off and attach the lines using an Albright knot https:\/\/news.orvis.com\/fly-fishing\/video-how-to-attach-fly-line-to-the-backing-on-a-reel<\/a>. After attaching the backing and floating line I pulled the line through the eyelets and spooled it up. Then I had to use a nail knot to attach the leader to the floating line. Most of the tutorials I found for this knot featured an actual nail knot tool, I do not have this tool so I searched for awhile and found this video that really helped me https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_qHmLKNcdm8<\/a>. The Albright knot didn\u2019t take too long but I struggled with the nail knot for awhile. First I had the leader upside down and was trying to use the very very thin end which I kept losing grip and sight of, then I just kept messing up, and finally after what felt like an eternity I got it. The final step was to attach the fly to the leader. I did this using the palomar knot https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/v98DC3cSgWw<\/a>. Ive done this knot many times when attaching lures for \u201cregular\u201d fishing so I was able to do it on the first try. I decided to attach a fuzzy black fly that I found in the basement, I also found 4 other smaller flys. After getting my rod fully set up I just had to run outside and test it out. I was so excited I forgot to film my first attempt but I was actually pretty good at it (I think). After I realized my mistake I ran back inside grabbed my phone and took a video which I will attach at the bottom of this post. I need to continue working on my final cast I think. I can get lots of line out but it starts to pile up around 30 feet. The knot tying struggle definitely taught me a lot of patience and really tested my fine motor skills. <\/p>\n

I forgot to take a picture of my albright knot and I wasn\u2019t about to unspool my whole reel to take a picture of it so here is a picture of the fully spooled reel instead: <\/p>\n

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Here is a photo of the nail knot: <\/p>\n

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Here is a photo of the palomar knot and the fly: <\/p>\n

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Here is a photo of the other flys I found: <\/p>\n

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Here is a video of my casting practice in the yard: <\/p>\n

My last post ended with me going to pickup the necessary line for my rod. I managed to find all this pretty easily at the Canadian tire down the road. I got home unboxed the line, and realized something was… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}