Low Tech fishing

[OldTimer]

Perhaps we overthink things at times……….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSvQ90SNccI

These things are dirt cheap – check out BassPro (8 bucks loaded with line, sinker & hook)…….. or Ebay – as cheap as 3 bucks each without line etc.

Think I’ll get a few for my next saltwater trip to a pier or bridge.

Might even be fun for cats, or dock sitting here in Ontario……..

Cheers,

OldTimer

[MikeH]

Used one many times, mostly for balloon fishing over the reef.

   

You can pick up the plastic ones pretty much anywhere in the Caribbean, but there are some REALLY nice hand carved wooden ones out there too.

[zippyFX]

Cool. I'ld love to give this a try some time.

The first fish I caught, a long time ago when I was about 5, was on a fishing line wrapped around a wooden block. The adults around me were laughing and ducking for cover as I was wildly swinging the hook trying to throw it far into the water. When the fish bit I didn't know what to so i dragged the fish back to my dad who laughed his head off.

[OldTimer]

(03-31-2013 06:24 PM)MikeH Wrote:  Used one many times, mostly for balloon fishing over the reef.



You can pick up the plastic ones pretty much anywhere in the Caribbean, but there are some REALLY nice hand carved wooden ones out there too.

Those wooden ones sound like a very interesting collectable - look like this?:

   

...........smile

Cheers,

OldTimer

[MikeH]

That's the add-on reel for when you find out that you have hooked into a 6ft barracuda on the reef.

My wooden hand reel was confiscated at customs.

[OldTimer]

(04-01-2013 03:39 PM)MikeH Wrote:  My wooden hand reel was confiscated at customs.

Was it the "no receipt" - "no entry" kinda thing, or an overinflated deemed value by our customs?

I've lost a few things with those problems.

[MikeH]

Turns out it had been hand carved out of some obscure South American hardwood. Apparently It was a big no-no to import the material without all kinds of certificates and crap.

[OldTimer]

That's too bad. I've checked around and nice wooden ones with an attractive grain and a good finish are rare (non-existant) on line.

[MikeH]

(04-03-2013 04:50 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  That's too bad. I've checked around and nice wooden ones with an attractive grain and a good finish are rare (non-existant) on line.

I know where you can find lots of them.... Australia!

[OldTimer]

Hmmmm......... 3 bucks for plastic in the mail.............. or............... 5 grand for nice hand carved wood picked-up.................think I'll go with plastic..........smile