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Looking for fishing accessory
Hi
I am looking for a fishing accessory which I used to use 10-20 years ago for freshwater fishing.It was a small sky-blue one-piece plastic device that clamped on your rod handle before the reel. It had a simple ball bdearing inside, and the idea was to clip your line into it. If a fish took your bait and ran the line would pop out letting the line run freely. I use to use it for trout fishing combined with a sliding egg sinker. I remember back then that this style of baitfishing was popular with some walleye fishermen in the midwest. Anyway, I can't seem to find this little device anywhere, and hell I don't even know what to call it. Only fishermen seem to be able to picture it based on my description of what it does. If anyone knows where I can order this item, or something real close to it, or even what the heck to call it, I'd be very grateful. Thanks a bunch |
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Looking for fishing accessory
allen wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:18:08 GMT, "Musashi" wrote: Make it simple on yourself ..take a rubber band "a thick one" 1/4 in wide that would just fit over your thumb. Slide that up your rod handle to just below your reel but still on the cork/foam rubber part of your handle. It should be snug. Anyhow open you bail and pull a little line out and put the loop under the rubber band...leave the bail open and when the fish bite he pull the loop out from under the rubber and he gets the free spool till you close the bail. Keeps you from loosing your rod/reel to a big one also. If you would like more fishing questions answered stop in at http://sea4two.net or email me at P.S. I have seen what you want or just like it a a wal-mart here in Daytona Fl. The line release,, very popular, I use them my self for cat fishing, mine is a broken piece of Styrofoam from a coffee cup, slice a little 3/8 or so slit so your line can slip in the slice, put this behind the end eye of you rod, it will hold the line until the fish just touches the bait, then it pops off letting the line free spool A piece of very thin card board, like the hang tag on a bag of hooks, or a lure box, cig. box, worm container, heck anything you find along the bank, heck anything, and it does the same thing with the slit,, At one time I made them from thin rubber, but I just kept loosing them I usually pull the line almost tight then slip the home made release behind that last eye, some times I will hand a big loop of line down from that eye, and have my bail flipped closed, so they only take about ten feet, then the drag hits them and sets the hook. This works real well when using circle hooks. I have used the rubber band like you talk about but I put a popsicle stick under it, then the line goes under the stick, it just seamed to work easier, I didn't have to pull the band up, just the end of the stick to get the line under it Hi I am looking for a fishing accessory which I used to use 10-20 years ago for freshwater fishing.It was a small sky-blue one-piece plastic device that clamped on your rod handle before the reel. It had a simple ball bdearing inside, and the idea was to clip your line into it. If a fish took your bait and ran the line would pop out letting the line run freely. I use to use it for trout fishing combined with a sliding egg sinker. I remember back then that this style of baitfishing was popular with some walleye fishermen in the midwest. Anyway, I can't seem to find this little device anywhere, and hell I don't even know what to call it. Only fishermen seem to be able to picture it based on my description of what it does. If anyone knows where I can order this item, or something real close to it, or even what the heck to call it, I'd be very grateful. Thanks a bunch -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Stand Out Hooks , Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Mojo's Long Shot rig and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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