How to tie guylines.

[warbonnetguy]

you just coil it around your fingers in a fig 8 pattern (rather than a fig 0 pattern/regular round coil)

pointer and pinky works the best

[Hangin' J]

ditto on the figure 8. I also use this method for my pull up rope, made out of 550 cord. "pull up rope" = used to pull bow etc. up to my treestand.

[mbaker]

Check out my pictures that I posted of my guy lines and ridge line.
This way of tying them up works great for me and it is fast when setting up the tarp.

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...owseimages&c=3

[DavidWa]

Try the videos at this link. One video is figure-8 coiling the line on pinky-finger and thumb vs pinky-finger and index finger as WBG suggested.

And as a bonus the link shows the Siberian hitch. Although I think there are simpler ways to demonstrate how to do the Figure-8 coiling and Siberian hitch, this is quickest video I could find.

http://www.maddythegoose.com/Home/knots

What I do is figure-8 the line on fingers and/or finger and thumb. I don't coil it as tight as the guy in the video, coil it loosely and you wont have such a hard time getting the coil off your fingers. Anyway, coil the line figure-8 about 6 inches out from the attachment point to the tarp. ( I don't wrap the coiled line before taking it off my fingers as in the video )

Then I do it one of 2 different ways:

1) Then lift the coiled line off your fingers, leaving about 8 inches of the free end uncoiled, then roll the coil toward the tarp. Such that you get 3 or 4 wraps around the middle of the coil. Once rolled tight to the tarp attachment point. Take the length of line you left uncoiled, wrap it 3 or 4 times around the coil, on the last wrap around tuck a bight ( loop) of line under one of the previous around wraps to make a slippery binding of the coiled line.
You can even put one or two of the wraps around the middle through the tie out webbing , before putting in the slippery hitch, to keep the coiled line tight to the the tarp.

Or
2) What I have done on some of my tarps is that I have attached the tie-out line to the tarp tie out webbing loop with the adjustable loop at the tarp end. ( you know stick a bit of line through the tarp tie out webbing loop , then put my taught line hitch around the tie out line a that end of the tie out line, rather that at the peg/stake end) And a fixed loop at the free end which goes over the tarp peg/stake. That way I can adjust the tie out line tension without having to bend down to the ground. Or if its raining I might not have to go out to the far end to readjust the line tension - often I can just reach out from under the tarp and slide the taught line hitch down the line to tighten it a bit.

Anyway - the difference is that when putting away the tarp I loosen the tension, remove the loop from the peg. Then figure-8 coil the line. Stopping about 6 inches from the tarp. Then I just roll the coil toward the tarp, getting 3 or 4 wraps around the coil. Then twist and tuck the coiled line inside the loop formed by the taught line hitch where it attaches to the webbing loop and then just slide the taught line hitch toward the tie out webbing loop on the tarp. Thus pinching the coiled line inside the loop and thereby keeping the coiled line inside the loop tight to the tarp edge.
Sorry if this is a poor description. It is easier than it sounds, easier done than explained.

Taught line hitch - one of many ways to make a sliding friction knot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUmDSEx7DUY

Maybe this helped.

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[opie]

(imo) fig 8 is best, it won't tangle when you pull it apart. i coil it in a fig 8 between my pinky finger and my pointer finger. i think it;s a pretty common way to do it and works really well

Thats how I do it too.

I tie my Tarp Ridgelines this way after I finish them. 30' of line and I can toss the bundle holding on to one end and not once has it tangled on the way out.

[gauperaa]

I read somewhere about "hanking" the line but don't get any results from google. How do I avoid the Rats Nest???

Miguel

Miguel, I made a quick video for you to show how I do it:

[SGT Rock]

(imo) fig 8 is best, it won't tangle when you pull it apart. i coil it in a fig 8 between my pinky finger and my pointer finger. i think it;s a pretty common way to do it and works really well

That is how I do it, except I go pinky and thumb.

[Flatfishy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YuFaD9i6Sc

3m.50s will tell you what you want to know

[Miguel]

Thanks eveyone for taking the time to post all that great info. My tarp is packed and the lines are all stowed neatly away. I may go take it out just to experience the joy of not having a rat's nest.

Miguel