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Set it up by tying a 12 to 24 inch length of 6-lb fluorocarbon to your main line, leaving a 3- to 4-inch tag end off your knot, and then tie on a 1/4 ounce casting weight to the bottom of the line.
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Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
Tie a size 4 to size 2 octopus hook to the tag end of the fluro and then hook a small soft plastic baitfish or leech, such as a Tiny Fluke or a Slug-Go, through its head.
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Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
After the knot has been fully tightened, trim the tag ends of the leader and braid.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
Begin winding this leg of the loop around the hook shank and over both tag ends.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024
Next, pass the tag end back through the overhand knot.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
Don’t cinch it too tightly and be sure to leave a tag end that’s 5 to 6 inches long.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
With a firm pull on the tag end, the Quick Release Knot will come undone easily.
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Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
Pass the tag end back through the small loop created in Step 1.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Tag end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20end. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
tag end
noun
: tail end
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