Its a hobo fishing kit, or pocket fishing kit, to go in my BOB in the back of the truck. Basically a length of 1" Schd 40 PVC with a plug in one end and a threaded fitting/cap on the other. Its maybe 10" long or so. Inside is an assortment of hooks, weights, bobbers, small panfish lures, and some extra fishing line. 10 lb spider wire monofilament is wound on the end, and a paracord loop lanyard is threaded through a hole in the cap (to go around your wrist). I camo painted it with flat paint and sprayed several coats of flat sealer to help protect the paint a bit.
To use it, you hold your thumb on the wrap of monofilament and cast it underhanded. Then you re-wrap the line onto the end with your other hand to retrieve the lure (or a fish!). Works pretty good. Any stockpond around here that doesn't go dry in the summer tends to have fish - whether they were stocked there intentionally or not. This rig is great for panfish (bluegill, sunfish), crappie, bass, and catfish as long as they aren't too big. Total cost of the rig (less lures and stuff) was probably under $5.
Still to add: a wrap of heavyweight bowfishing line on the outside for making drop lines for catfish, and a short wrap of paracord for use as a stringer.
Yeah... I know it looks kinda like a pipe bomb. As with many things in life appearances can be deceiving :)
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I like ideas like this. Perfect little thing to drop into a Bugout Bag. George Washington had a pocket fishing kit, and Say Uncle Linked to a website that showed various uses for Altoids boxes, including a tackle box. Yours is a step above because you can apparently cast with it, on the principle of the spinning reel. I'd guess for salt water fishing you'd want heavier line, about 20-lb test, and a steel leader.
Bob - She casts surprisingly good, considering the short arc. I can't zip it way out in the lake like I can with a normal rod, but it's plenty far for near bank fishing. Hardest thing to get used to is setting the hook, again because the "lever" is so short. I first saw one of these on youtube, and just refined it a bit with a screw cap instead of just a slip on cap like that guy used and camo paint so it doesn't draw attention hanging from my pack.
You might want to rig some sort of sleeve that slides over the line to protect it from bumps and coming unraveled. Probably a bit of cardboard taped into a tube would work.
BobG - Yeah, I'm not happy with the rubber band on the end either. Soon as I can get by the parts store I'm going to pick up a package of larger, heavy o-rings. Plan to tie the loose end to an oring that will fit snugly on the diameter of the pvc pipe near the end. It should hold up better to heat and wear than the temporary rubber band.
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