Getting the head into the ice-hole (no this is not a joke).

[fast_randy]

Wow buggy, it seems to me that would work. I'm going to try it. I two have lost many trying to get them started through. I usually use a castmaster flasher and 18" leader though. Two of my friends use full size poles. They say because they won't lose them through the hole. But Jarred (who switched to all light wht. full size, 4ft. poles) still lost one at Chesterfield this year. He had a babby fish on one pole and we were all watching him bring it in and I looked over just in time to see the reel and handel go through.
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