Hi Dave nice looking tackle.
Takes me back to my childhood.When we had to make tackle,cos could neither afford or wasn't available!
Not a angler these days,(shooter)but there are several who have posted re fishing etc.
I remember "Midge Fodder"Ties flies....
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And here it is in action:
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Defeat is an absolute consequense for the one that have neglected to do the necessary preparations - bad luck we call it
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hello,
Reading this with interest. It's been a few years since I have done serious angling making my own tackle etc.. used to make Devon Minnows, Spinning Jenny's, Kynocks carved out of a piece of broom handle & thinner dowelling then painted, hooks & line affixed, as well as reed floats. Oldest fishing reel I had was a Mitchell 350 circa 1957+ used it for spares to fix another 350 late 1990's. These days fishing is usually YoYo or Hobo reel. Thanks for sharing your ice fishing tackle & trip Rune.
Regards
David
Thanks for the video,Rune n Family.Looks like a goodtime was had by all!
Always fancied a bit of ice fishing,But got posted to the jungle.instead.
Love the little "rod",.In UK,I think you have to have a little rod/stick,to legally fish with a handline.
All the best to you n yours for the festive season.M
You are never too old to learn!. A SURVIVER!
"Peasants Rule,and your Knife is your Tool."
"A Knifeless man is a Lifeless man".Nordic Proverb.
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other than lures from paperclips and old coke cans/tin foil not really
and the odd hook from safety pins... thats about the extent of my fishing gear creativity
SWMBO and I make our own rigs for fishing and our own fishing weights, sometimes I make a few mackeral feathers and I have made a few floats out of balsa and porcupine quills and feathers but no where as nice as the ones you have made.
Midge fodder makes his own flies which are a work of art.
Victory awaits the one, that has everything in order - luck we call it
Defeat is an absolute consequense for the one that have neglected to do the necessary preparations - bad luck we call it
(Roald Amundsen)
Bumbling Bushcraft on Youtube
Nordisk Bushcraft - The Nordic bushcraft blog and forum
I do make some of my own. Fly boxes included. I think it comes down to time, a commodity I haven't had much of in recent times.
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Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
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