Without a doubt the great artists and creators of knots had been the peoples of naval tradition mainly in the age of the discoveries.

Portuguese, Spaniard, English placed in knot of mooring cables of its boats the security of its proper lives. These knot also guaranteed great part of its feeding that was basically the fished one. The materials of the lines and the hooks had evolved but the techniques of confection of knot continue being that one inherited of our ancestor.

Knot are returns and interlacements made with the line of fish to arrest the hook, swivels, artificial lure , fastener, covered with white lead, etc. It also serves to join equal or different lines of diameter and materials.

In the majority of the times, after to tie a line to a hook, where our great concern, is to make it fast, almost never in knot worry them about the choice of, or even though to lubricate it with spit for the final squeeze. When in knot come across them with the disruption, then us judge the quality of the line as the culprit and not it knot that was the inadequate one. It thinks about this.

Present to follow the famous table of " HERTER " that in gives the percentage to them of resistance of knot, when knot make it in the hook. It observes that knot number 13 has 98% of resistance and knot number 20 has only 53%. However knot number 13 is made with an only one passing and knot number 20 passes two times for the hook. Had to this detail, it has experienced fishing that the number 20 adopt knot and guarantee that thus they do not lose the fish after " seeing to them " it expensive, almost always in the hour to embark it.

TABLE HERTER:

1	52%	9	87.5%	17	80%
2	59%	10	91%	18	83%
3	75%	11	91.5%	19	87%
4	76%	12	94%	20	53%
5	78%	13	98%	21	84%
6	82%	14	68%	22	88%
7	87%	15	92%	23	58%
8	87.5%	16	80%	24	87%