mackem 29,522 Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Nicepix said: That bit of plate reminds me of when we used to sea fishing. I would go down to one of the local bus dismantlers and buy some chrome tubes. Basically those uprights you used to hang onto on the older buses. Another yard supplied the lead for melting down and the police vehicle workshops were commandeered after hours to cut the tubes, close one end, fill it with molten lead, close the other end and drill the holes. I can't remember how many of Her Majesty's drill bits we broke. On one visit to the bus dismantlers I saw some checker plate sheets. I got one thinking we could cut fish shaped pieces out and make huge Toby type lures. The theoory was good, but trying to cut that stuff with an angle grinder was really difficult. We lacked a powered guillotine. Back to the drawing board. Used to do exactly the same, jiggers, couple of muppets above them then drop them over the wrecks, if you snagged you only lost home-made tackle. 1 Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, mackem said: Used to do exactly the same, jiggers, couple of muppets above them then drop them over the wrecks, if you snagged you only lost home-made tackle. One of the lads spent half an hour while we were steaming out attaching a muppet to the treble on the jigger, making three loops to his leader and attaching more muppets on single hooks then topped it off with a swivel. He was so chuffed with it he forgot to tie the mainline to the other end of the swivel before he dropped it over the side. 2 Quote Link to post
mackem 29,522 Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Nicepix said: One of the lads spent half an hour while we were steaming out attaching a muppet to the treble on the jigger, making three loops to his leader and attaching more muppets on single hooks then topped it off with a swivel. He was so chuffed with it he forgot to tie the mainline to the other end of the swivel before he dropped it over the side. That was the rig, three muppets above the jigger, I think most now use hokkai? 1 Quote Link to post
mackem 29,522 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Just been in Walmart, loads of variations on spoon lure type designs. 1 Quote Link to post
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