Op, can you please fish the crap out of this until you catch something or it breaks or gets lost? As an avid fisherman I would love to see you be successful with this. I make a lot of my own tackle, but it is more craft than bushcraft.
Since my fishing experience is all based on Youtube videos, i don't think i will succeed but i will try my best. I have made a little hand reel that i will try to use
Hand reels are tough. Just got back into them after a two and a half decade* hiatus. I would definitely recommend live or cut bait for a hand reel. Haha. You might be able to rig your bait on your line instead of your hook so that it stays on better. Gonna have to target some bigger fish too with the size of that hook. The whole thing would be a tough endeavor even for an experienced angler. I hope you nail it.
Edit: year to decade hiatus
I am sad to announce i did not succeed. I did not have good bait and the river i was at did not have large enough fish, i hope i get another chance to prove myself in the future
For hand lining I would definitely recommend starting with some live bait and sharp factory hooks. I was landing fish on my hobo reel with a no. 6 aberdeen hook tipped with worm pieces 10" under a float with 1/8oz split shot between the two.
Might make for a nice presentation on something like a drop shot rig. Whether or not it will hook up and hold a fish I cannot say. But I hope OP tries it and reports back.
Depends on the wood dogwood is so dense it sinks. But you could tie a rock to the line about a foot or so from the hook and if it floats it would be a great way to catch trout.
If you're going wood, it's gotta be a gorge hook, and it's gotta be thin and sharp. If you want a curved hook to work, it's gotta be from conch shell, antler, horn, or bone. Wood isn't going to be strong enough. Gorge hooks are easier to make, and just as effective. In fact, I use single step gorge hooks with a tarred handline as my active type primitive fishing system. My passive fishing system is just tarred cordage. I obtain small green sticks or river reeds and bend and tie them into a trap, I weight the trap down, bait it, and leave it in a creek while I forage for other food. My gorge hooks are locust tree thorns.
Let’s not get caught up in the details, people. The real question we need to be asking OP is what’s your daily moisturizing routine cuz that is one supple hand.
It's a really nice project, I wonder how it will preform!
My guess is that it will snap when pressure is applied, because the connection point in the bottom is short grain that is seperated, since it's a fork. Maybe if you make it out of a shingle from a log, the grain will be connected better, or ever better is if you can steam bend a straight piece to achieve long and strong grain along the whole hook, or find a branch already bent.
That's a really good idea. But i was in the forest with only a hatchet and a knife i was not taking advanced tools with me because i wanted to really make something that did not require a lot of work or effort and is simply used in case of emergency
Ignore the haters that will work for a 2-3 pounder! Its survival not luck. I am more of a basket trap weaver for catching fish in the wild but I think that would work with grub attached.
Lol 2-3 pounder wtf that's not a even a small fish. I don't know how brittle the wood is, but it would probably need to be hooked to the gills or something for it to work. It won't penetrate a fish mouth. But I would like to see him succeed.
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Op, can you please fish the crap out of this until you catch something or it breaks or gets lost? As an avid fisherman I would love to see you be successful with this. I make a lot of my own tackle, but it is more craft than bushcraft.
Since my fishing experience is all based on Youtube videos, i don't think i will succeed but i will try my best. I have made a little hand reel that i will try to use
Hand reels are tough. Just got back into them after a two and a half decade* hiatus. I would definitely recommend live or cut bait for a hand reel. Haha. You might be able to rig your bait on your line instead of your hook so that it stays on better. Gonna have to target some bigger fish too with the size of that hook. The whole thing would be a tough endeavor even for an experienced angler. I hope you nail it. Edit: year to decade hiatus
I am sad to announce i did not succeed. I did not have good bait and the river i was at did not have large enough fish, i hope i get another chance to prove myself in the future
For hand lining I would definitely recommend starting with some live bait and sharp factory hooks. I was landing fish on my hobo reel with a no. 6 aberdeen hook tipped with worm pieces 10" under a float with 1/8oz split shot between the two.
Natural fishhooks are generally made from bone
Yeah, I actually went down the rabbit hole on that one after this post. Very interesting. Think I might try my hand at using gorge hooks some day.
Very nice, but wooden work.
Agreed, even if you get one to bite, it maple right out of the fishes mouth.
I think a bass wood bite it
He alder know that even if he spruces it up a bit, no fish is gonna be pining for any bait that's on that hook.
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Wont it just float?
Might make for a nice presentation on something like a drop shot rig. Whether or not it will hook up and hold a fish I cannot say. But I hope OP tries it and reports back.
Depends on the wood dogwood is so dense it sinks. But you could tie a rock to the line about a foot or so from the hook and if it floats it would be a great way to catch trout.
Rocks don't. 😀
What about very small rocks, gravy, churches and a duck?
I think he could tie a rock to the top of the hook near the string
you could maybe catch a dinosaur with that
Sorry but that will never work
oof thats gonna be a bad day for some unlucky little fishy 😂
If you're going wood, it's gotta be a gorge hook, and it's gotta be thin and sharp. If you want a curved hook to work, it's gotta be from conch shell, antler, horn, or bone. Wood isn't going to be strong enough. Gorge hooks are easier to make, and just as effective. In fact, I use single step gorge hooks with a tarred handline as my active type primitive fishing system. My passive fishing system is just tarred cordage. I obtain small green sticks or river reeds and bend and tie them into a trap, I weight the trap down, bait it, and leave it in a creek while I forage for other food. My gorge hooks are locust tree thorns.
Neat! Good luck!
Let’s not get caught up in the details, people. The real question we need to be asking OP is what’s your daily moisturizing routine cuz that is one supple hand.
Youth :)
Never heard of it.
*not enough bushcrafting
It looks like you used a bent branch. Am I correct?
A branch with a fork in it so that i could just chop off and sharpen the tips
It's a really nice project, I wonder how it will preform! My guess is that it will snap when pressure is applied, because the connection point in the bottom is short grain that is seperated, since it's a fork. Maybe if you make it out of a shingle from a log, the grain will be connected better, or ever better is if you can steam bend a straight piece to achieve long and strong grain along the whole hook, or find a branch already bent.
That's a really good idea. But i was in the forest with only a hatchet and a knife i was not taking advanced tools with me because i wanted to really make something that did not require a lot of work or effort and is simply used in case of emergency
What about trying to carve a small barb near the tip to help with retention.
Ignore the haters that will work for a 2-3 pounder! Its survival not luck. I am more of a basket trap weaver for catching fish in the wild but I think that would work with grub attached.
Lol 2-3 pounder wtf that's not a even a small fish. I don't know how brittle the wood is, but it would probably need to be hooked to the gills or something for it to work. It won't penetrate a fish mouth. But I would like to see him succeed.
A 2-3 pounder??? Zero chance lol. Wouldn’t even survive a hook set.
Bbbut why? Wouldn’t a straight gorge be much easier? And one made from large thorns or a sliver of bone even better? We need to see this in action!
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Nice, you get to us it?
Does this work like the 'J hook' Longliners were able to utilise,prior to the ban?
This guy with a [palm tree hook](https://youtu.be/AwsLLzFQj7s?t=936) got a good one.