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A '''turle knot''' is a [[knot]] use while [[fishing]] for tying a [[Fishing hook|hook]] or [[Fly lure|fly]] to a [[leader (fishing)|leader]]. It is named after [[William Greer Turle]], a 19th-century [[England|English]] [[Angling|angler]] who popularized the knot but did not claim to have invented it.  It has sometimes, wrongly, been referred to as the turtle knot.<ref name="budcomp">Geoffrey Budworth, ''The Complete Book of Fishing Knots'' (New York: The Lyons Press, 1999), 108-111.</ref>
A '''turle knot''' is a [[knot]] use while [[fishing]] for tying a [[Fishing hook|hook]] or [[Fly lure|fly]] to a [[leader (fishing)|leader]]. It is named after [[William Greer Turle]], a 19th-century English [[Angling|angler]] who popularized the knot but did not claim to have invented it.  It has sometimes, wrongly, been referred to as the turtle knot.<ref name="budcomp">Geoffrey Budworth, ''The Complete Book of Fishing Knots'' (New York: The Lyons Press, 1999), 108-111.</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.eaglespark.com/Knots/turle.htm Tying instructions]
*[http://www.eaglespark.com/Knots/turle.htm Tying instructions]
*[http://www.turle.name/the_musicians/indiI706.html Background on William Greer Turle]
*[http://www.turle.name/the_musicians/indiI706.html Background on William Greer Turle]


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Revision as of 20:10, 26 December 2009

Turle knot
Names Turle knot, Major Turle's Knot
Category loop
Typical use Fishing


A turle knot is a knot use while fishing for tying a hook or fly to a leader. It is named after William Greer Turle, a 19th-century English angler who popularized the knot but did not claim to have invented it. It has sometimes, wrongly, been referred to as the turtle knot.[1]

References

  1. Geoffrey Budworth, The Complete Book of Fishing Knots (New York: The Lyons Press, 1999), 108-111.

External links