This is a very peculiar bit US survival kit found in the USAF coldweather survival vest, not really sure if they could be described as very 'practical', but people have always enquired about them when I show them the example in my collection of weird and wonderful survival equipment from around the world.
its basically an automatic fishhook, which when triggered by a biting fish 'sets' the hook which is spring loaded and so provides shock absorption to prevent the fighting fish from breaking the line.
it comes in a waxed paper package (amusingly the USAF vests only appear to contain one each! overconfident?) with the markings:
420-01-379-5598
cage 0vmu5 PN 7188
Fishing & Trapping Kit, Emergency 1KT A
inside is one automatic hook, a reel of line, a little zipseal bag which the instructions say is a float, 4 bits of dehydrated artificial bait, a little rollpin tool for adjusting the sensitivity and a set of instructions which (amongst other things) suggests using it to catch birds and squirrels
if people are interested I will put together a group buy, we would need to find homes for 40 of them at £5 each (postage included) to go ahead
Please remember that the use of these hooks in the UK as described on the enclosed instructions is illegal, not to mention inhumane. This group buy is only for inclusion in survival kits or for collectors of such oddities.
its basically an automatic fishhook, which when triggered by a biting fish 'sets' the hook which is spring loaded and so provides shock absorption to prevent the fighting fish from breaking the line.
it comes in a waxed paper package (amusingly the USAF vests only appear to contain one each! overconfident?) with the markings:
420-01-379-5598
cage 0vmu5 PN 7188
Fishing & Trapping Kit, Emergency 1KT A
inside is one automatic hook, a reel of line, a little zipseal bag which the instructions say is a float, 4 bits of dehydrated artificial bait, a little rollpin tool for adjusting the sensitivity and a set of instructions which (amongst other things) suggests using it to catch birds and squirrels
if people are interested I will put together a group buy, we would need to find homes for 40 of them at £5 each (postage included) to go ahead
Please remember that the use of these hooks in the UK as described on the enclosed instructions is illegal, not to mention inhumane. This group buy is only for inclusion in survival kits or for collectors of such oddities.
