Hobo line

[ocean1975]

Hi all,
As i was snowed and rained off from work today.
I thought i would make a hobo hand line ,that was inspired by another thread
that i saw about bottle top containers.
Here's a few of pictures.

Think i will add a lanyard of some sort.

 

[Zingmo]

Excellent! What have you used to extend the reel between the two bottle caps?

Z

 

[ocean1975]

I just used the plastic bottle itself,cut it,rolled it up and glued it to the tops.

 

[Zingmo]

I just used the plastic bottle itself,cut it,rolled it up and glued it to the tops.

Ah! Cunning and simple. I might just have to copy this idea!

Z

 

[monkey boy]

Ah! Cunning and simple. I might just have to copy this idea!

Z

me to I really like this, cheep and simple, have you tried it out yet?

 

[ocean1975]

Not tested it yet,would like to add a few more things.
Like a lanyard and some lures off some sort.
Need to have a look in the tackle shop for some small lures.
I live opposite a river so might just test it out over the weekend.

 

[mountainm]

naturally you'd be testing it in salt water. Hand lining in freshwater being illegal n'all.

 

[ocean1975]

Yes it's tidal,doesn't become fresh until the locks.

 

[nuggets]

naturally you'd be testing it in salt water. Hand lining in freshwater being illegal n'all.

but you can legaly `fish` with a hand line for crayfish ??????

 

[nuggets]

naturally you'd be testing it in salt water. Hand lining in freshwater being illegal n'all.

How is it illegal ?? if you don,t have a rod -you don,t need a rod permit !!!

 

[Mesquite]

How is it illegal ?? if you don,t have a rod -you don,t need a rod permit !!!

Tis illegal to fish in non tidal waters without a rod

 

[Vulpes]

Handline fishing in the states seems to be really quite popular from all the videos I've seen. Had a look at 'pen rods' too, which are really kind of neat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGLl1AmqNjc

I wish I knew the reason you have to have a rod to fish. Seems silly really - especially considering there must be a loophole with crab, etc because they're openly fished with hand lines.

 

[g4ghb]

Handline fishing in the states seems to be really quite popular from all the videos I've seen. Had a look at 'pen rods' too, which are really kind of neat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGLl1AmqNjc

I wish I knew the reason you have to have a rod to fish. Seems silly really - especially considering there must be a loophole with crab, etc because they're openly fished with hand lines.

I believe it is because it is too easy to avoid the people checking you have a licence

 

[watatoad]

I just love your use of unusual materials, I see a true bushman survivalists outlook there. Keep up the great ideas and good work.

 

[nuggets]

Tis illegal to fish in non tidal waters without a rod

so why do you `not` need a permit to catch cray fish with only a line but its legal to do so ????

 

[Vulpes]

I believe it is because it is too easy to avoid the people checking you have a licence

That just seems really silly. We always seem to have it worse off over here.

 

[ocean1975]

I decided to add a lanyard to it as i thought it could easily be dropped.

 

[IanM]

What is the definition of a 'rod' is there a minimum length or does it have to have guide rings for instance?

 

[mountainm]

No need for guide rings as you can pole fish. I suspect 3ft would be about the shortest you could get away with and the line would have to pull from the end of the rod.

 

[kINGPIN]

Now thats a good idea!

Not sure if the lanyard would work well in practice though..?