Rope Coil

There are a lot of ways to manage coils of rope and cable. This was the way the lineman I worked with liked to coil their handlines. I found it works well for a variety of applications including extension cords and even stranded wire.

How to Tie:

Coil the rope up, leaving the last wrap hanging. Slide the hand holding the coils through the coils. While holding the tag end to the side with your free hand, begin rotating the coil. Try to land the wraps in the upper third of the coils. After a minimum of 3 wraps (but you can do more to use up extra rope), grab the tag end with the coil holding hand and pull a bight through the coils above your wraps. Take the bight over the top of the coils and cinch it down against your wraps by pulling the tag end. Dress it tight and you are done. To uncoil, just reverse the process. Pull the bight up, drag it back through the coils by pulling the tag end, and then spin the coils in reverse.