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â¢ OVERHAND KNOT (noun). The noun OVERHAND KNOT has 1 sense: 1. a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots). Familiarity information: OVERHAND KNOT used as a noun is very rare.
With a clinch knot, which you may already know if you've done any kind of fishing, you go through the eye of the hook, wind the tag or short end around the standing part of the leader, pass the tag end back through the loop, right in front of the eye, and then tighten by pulling on the fly and the standing part of the leader.