We lost two weekends to weather and absenteeism even today was in the balance. The forecasted wind showed SSW 15 - 20 knots.

Hello folks, this week Ivo shows you how to tie your own drop shot rig as well as how tie a palomar knot. A drop shot rig is ...

Learn the Melanie Loop knot in this clear tutorial, featuring a double fisherman variation commonly used in arborist rigging and rope work. This setup creates a strong, compact loop that’s great for ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research ...

Imagine living sometime around the early 1600s. You're standing on the deck of a wooden ship. The wind's biting, the sky's endless. And your captain's yelling, "Drop the log!" Back then, before sonar ...

Arborists depend on several knots for safe climbing and rigging. The most widely used arborist knots include bowline knots, figure eight knots, distel knots, and Prusik knots. Per the National ...

When you watch an actor jump from a skyscraper, swing between cars, or free-fall into a raging fire, you’re seeing more than movie magic — you’re witnessing the incredible art of rigging in action.

WITH summer around the corner, many anglers focus their efforts on heading wide to chase gamefish. There are many different techniques and systems that you can employ when rigging up to chase a few ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

When you're driving on land, speed is measured in either miles per hour (mph) or kilometers per hour (km/h). These measurements are straightforward because you can see stationary landmarks and ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...