10-21-2006, 09:27 PM
[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]
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[/center] [center]Then he raps the two ends of the wire to the end of the rod with thread and uses fingernail polish to seat the rap, this makes it easy to remove the old bobber with nail polish and tie on a new one when it becomes necessary.
Note that this bobber is extremely delicate so you will want to make many for the winter season if you are any thing like me with a rough and tumble attitude with your fishing gear. [/center]
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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]Then he raps the two ends of the wire to the end of the rod with thread and uses fingernail polish to seat the rap, this makes it easy to remove the old bobber with nail polish and tie on a new one when it becomes necessary.
Note that this bobber is extremely delicate so you will want to make many for the winter season if you are any thing like me with a rough and tumble attitude with your fishing gear. [/center]
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