To ensure that never happens, Baldwin uses nothing but loop knots when sac-a-lait fishing. "When you're hanging your jig vertically, your bait will lay horizontally with a loop knot," he said.

The loop also is a "100 percent knot," as Fulton puts it, so it can be used to join two lines - serving the same purpose as a blood knot or nail knot.

Like learning to tie a D-loop knot, watching a Youtube video will provide clarity for this step in how to set up a compound bow, too. There are many ways to tie in a peep sight; the main goal is ...