"I work in construction, and we wanted to create a tool that would make it easier to run string line," said one of two inventors, from Lamont, Fla., "so we invented the TWINE VISE. Our design ...

It’s time for some more notes on knots. Some will recall that I periodically spend absurd amounts of time testing fishing knots on some lab equipment and then publish the results, usually in our print ...

TOKYO -- A simple knot, a lasso, a figure-eight knot and a bowline knot. These are just a few of the knots that can be tied by a robot developed at the University of Electro-Communications here.

Tying the strongest fishing knot isn’t only about the knot itself. The line you choose matters every bit as much, and thanks to remarkably advancements in the recent decades, you have choices when it ...