# How to tie fishing line to a pole

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**Created:** [June 13, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tie-fishing-line-to-a-pole/855606 "2020-06-13T15:12:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tie-fishing-line-to-a-pole/855606/21 "2020-06-15T04:22:02Z")

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something more durable and permanent but still adjustable

use 1/8" stainless steel cable and appropriate clips the clips can be had fairly inexpensively  
[https://www.e-rigging.com/wire-rope-clips](https://www.e-rigging.com/wire-rope-clips).

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tie-fishing-line-to-a-pole/855606/22 "2020-06-15T04:45:02Z")

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> [@drachillix](#):
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> something more durable and permanent but still adjustable
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> use 1/8" stainless steel cable and appropriate clips the clips can be had fairly inexpensively

I walked past something like that today and remembered this thread, so took a closer look. They had simply drilled through some metal posts, run the cable through, and stopped the end with a slip knot, which was secured with one of those clips so it would not accidentally come undone.

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**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tie-fishing-line-to-a-pole/855606/23 "2020-06-16T01:51:23Z")

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This has been fantastic information - I really appreciate the input. We’ve gone with 1/16th braided wire (since it would fit the holes we’ve already drilled in the pipes). A slipknot or clamp may be what we use to tie the ends off - we’ve got some ferrules but not the proper crimping tool.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tie-fishing-line-to-a-pole/855606/24 "2020-06-17T06:15:02Z")

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In case anyone is interested, among other things Ashley has:

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> 1. To secure the _bight_ of a rope _to a perforated post:_ Reeve a bight through the hole and turn it back over the top of the post. This is used in _staking off_ and on clothes posts.
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> 2. To secure the end of a line to a perforated post: Reeve the line through the hole in the post, then make a SINGLE HITCH over the top of the post with the end.

There is also relevant material in the chapter on post hitches.

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