Handling fishing

[Madriverrob]

Had chance to give my hobo hand line a try out on my recent holiday to Crete , worked a treat and was great holiday fun .
Although I only caught relatively small fish I caught every day and reckon it would be a useful tool in an outdoor/ survival situation .


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[Goatboy]

Looks a handy wee kit you've put together there. Nice to see you were successful in catching lunch.with it too.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[mowerman]

Brilliant. Only has to be simple gear to catch fish. You just have to know where to go !
I reckon you would be able to feed yourself well with that set up 👍

 

[tsitenha]

Very good +1,
I assume the tube with the orange tip is not a rec**l thermometer. Please enlighten me.
Would be easy to fabricate, good project. Thank you

 

[TarHeelBrit]

I have the same handline, bought it from a very nice chap on ebay. Glad to see you had some luck with it as well I used to take mine out to Umstead state park and throw a line into one of the feeder streams for Big Lake. A small hook and bobber with worms of just bread on the hook and in no time at all there's a nice 2lb Bluegill on the line.

Really good Idea using the pouch as float storage, sure beats the hell out of my ziplok baggie I've got an old Maxped pouch and I might steal your idea.

 

[Fraxinus]

Nice job, bet it made your hols even better is that Dia in the distance?

Rob.

 

[Madriverrob]

It is indeed Dia you can see.
Orange tube is a pre weighted waggler float .

It was great to use the gear and practice the skills , was comforting to know I could feed myself if necessary !
Just bought a makerel spinning rod so I'll be off to the pier in Whitby this weekend to see if I can catch my tea!

 

[Fraxinus]

It is indeed Dia you can see.

Rarely got over to that part of the island, so pleased I recognized it

Just bought a makerel spinning rod so I'll be off to the pier in Whitby this weekend to see if I can catch my tea!

Wishing you many tight lines then mate.

Rob.

 

[Madriverrob]

Have you lived on Crete Rob ? Or just holidayed ? Great place

 

[Fraxinus]

Lived there, on the south coast, only got to Iraklio for airport runs or some tool shops. Lovely part of the world and some seriously nice people.
Made a tray for a family (for a funeral service) and when they asked how much it was I pointed to two framed pieces of paper on the wall and said that is payment in advance.
Both pieces of paper were signed by King George for assistance given to commonwealth soldiers during the occupation, the man must of been fifteen or so years old at the time.
Crete has a special place in my heart for many reasons.

Rob

 

[Ferret75]

I have the same handline, bought it from a very nice chap on ebay. Glad to see you had some luck with it as well I used to take mine out to Umstead state park and throw a line into one of the feeder streams for Big Lake. A small hook and bobber with worms of just bread on the hook and in no time at all there's a nice 2lb Bluegill on the line.

Really good Idea using the pouch as float storage, sure beats the hell out of my ziplok baggie I've got an old Maxped pouch and I might steal your idea.

Hi Tarheel, I think I got mine from the same bloke, he works as a carpenter/ joiner in Stoke-On-Trent and makes these out of scrap wood on a lathe in his shed. In fact I'm going to give him a shameless bump on BCUK. Sells them for about £8 on Ebay (without postage included) and it even has some line wound onto it and basic hooks / lures in the handle! Certainly recommend him to anyone, I went to pick it up and had a good chat, he's a really nice chap. He's even made a modded one for me. Search for 'hobo fishing' on EBay and you'll find him.

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[TarHeelBrit]

Hi Tarheel, I think I got mine from the same bloke, he works as a carpenter/ joiner in Stoke-On-Trent and makes these out of scrap wood on a lathe in his shed. In fact I'm going to give him a shameless bump on BCUK. Sells them for about £8 on Ebay (without postage included) and it even has some line wound onto it and basic hooks / lures in the handle! Certainly recommend him to anyone, I went to pick it up and had a good chat, he's a really nice chap. He's even made a modded one for me. Search for 'hobo fishing' on EBay and you'll find him.

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Sounds like the same chap. I originally contacted him to see if he was willing to ship one stateside he said he would and in a few short days I was the proud owner of one of his handlines. We shot a few emails back and forth and he was a very nice gentleman to talk too. Definitely worth a mention for quality service and being an all round nice bloke.

Finally pulled mine out to snap a quick photo.