Guys,
since hard water fishing is just around the corner for some of us and not much going on, thought I'd share some of my creations. Ever since I started to ice fish and my dad build me my first set, always had an intrigue in creating the perfect weapon for catching them.
My first go at it on my own and this is the result
Remember the old fishing show with Bill Saiff "Rod and Reel Stream Side" well tried to get the shows slogan onto my project and while fishing would somewhat get the message to others.
Thought it was cool idea but those did not get much use since I preferred the ones dad made for me.
A little later on, try it again but this time had to fit 5 tipups into the wooden box my dad made me. With careful measuring and spending a lot of time on the paint job, this is the result
Tried a few different models and again was not satisfied, here a shot of them
Then it dawned on me and went back at it again but this time it had to be totally different looking, my dilemma was to custom cut a design in a 1" x 2"piece..... so I finally got an idea and proceeded to go ahead with it and here is the result
Got another idea on 1" x 3" piece
But still wasn't satisfied.... wanted a model that looked like a shape of a riflle..... got to work and this is the results
On the above pic, the reel is custom made out of wood..... what a long job that was. Did not tried them yet but I'm sure for pan fish it will do the job.
Made myself another set, similar but different paint job. rigged them with plastic spools...
But that did not stop there..... had to build more and this is the final model I created.... I call them "my signature series" and got to finish the paint job on them.
Looks similar to my last ones and got to rigged them with plastic spools and they are ready to go
Hope you enjoyed
Leechman