Ice Fishing Tip of the Day

[davetclown]

[center][#ff0000]<*@}))))))X< Ice Fishing Tip number #59[/#ff0000][/center] [center][/center] [center][/center] [center]The Banjo Bobber[/center] [center]

Well its time to break out the old banjo, guitar or fittle and time to start putting away all your ice fishing gear.

But it is also time to start thinking ice on for next season. All them clever ideas you had while on the ice, now is the time to build them while the memory is still fresh in mind.

I came across a man here last week who saved all his broken guitar strings. Like most of us anglers we seldom throw any thing away, he showed us his bobber on his rod, he was getting strikes and showing them when the rest of us were still looking for a strike.

Well the truth of the matter is as the well-seasoned pan fisherman will attest, at times they can strike so light that they don’t show the slightest of hits. and some times they will hit and actually rise on the bite leaving the anglers clueless.

During the summer months while twanging on the ol' twanger thang you just cant help breaking a string or two. He takes the lightest gage string and clips them to length and uses a electrical wire casing to slide over after folding and placing a loop in the fold.

I offered to buy one from him, but he handed me one to use as a pattern.

Here is what the end product looks like. [/center] [center]


[/center] [center]takes the lightest steel string and clips them to length and uses a #18 or #20 gage electrical wire casing to slide over after folding and placing a loop in the fold.
[/center] [center]he then would tape it to the end of his rod.

like I mentioned earlier, I use liquid electirc tape, so I do have to hold it in place for a few minutes to allow the tape to hold but I get a perminant mount.[/center] [center] [/center] [center][/center] [center]the attachment below show it mounted to my rod tip.[/center] [center] [/center] [center][/center] [center]Like I said you can buy one, or you can make a better one with higher sencitivity and quality.[/center] [center][/center] [center]the longer you make them the greater sencitivity you will acheive. personaly the lenth I have tells me when a one inch gill is lipping my jig.[/center]
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