yellow door 1 1,821 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 While I'm at it - I thought I'd have a go at some mini floating berley cages Squid Inc., doobie and Softy 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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doobie 5,802 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Excellent .... I can catch Gold Fish now by the looks If Gar are near the surface, then yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Yeah my old floats were a bit big - and there isnt a beast that crawls, walks, flys or swims, that can resist my berley mix doobie, Des and Squid Inc. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmck 627 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 This is the 'beast' that catches my attention (not that tiddler fish).... I'll have a 100kg!! yellow door 1, Squid Inc. and doobie 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Its usually just bread crumbs , water and fish oil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmck 627 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 I wonder why its not available in SA...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted January 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 The gars cant resist so maybe they're trying to protect stocks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted January 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 Gave the Sliding ones a run at Port Ferry in the weekend - bread crumb and tuna oil in the cage - and chicken chunks marinated in tuna oil and salt for bait. Got trevally, king george whiting, bream and mullet. As soon as the burley runs out - the bights dry up - I'll be giving it another crack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Softy and doobie 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Softy 2,991 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Wouldn't the burly just fall out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 You wet the bread crumbs down so they can be moulded into a dough - that dough will survive being cast out and getting to the bottom. Then it will dissolve, get washed out by current out or be pecked out by fish but yeah, you want the burley to fall out eventually - you just have to get the right dampness of the mix - so it falls out on the bottom and not while being cast. I had the mix in this vid about perfect before I added the corn - then it got a bit rubbery - so you have to watch how much moisture goes in or it will clump and not be released Softy and doobie 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Just smashed some sinkers flat with a hammer and 2 part epoxy-ed them to the back - super glue wasnt holding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 I was running low on beads and I figured I dont need beads in all the scenarios I use them. I mainly use them to stop my "rubber line stops" passing through or getting wedged in my floats. So I holed punched a plastic milk carton - sharpened a thin bit of wire and stabbed them through. The wire leaves a neat little hole - Too easy doobie and Softy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 If you're fishing an urban river - there can be no better camouflaged float than the rough cut polystyrene that naturally occurs in urban water ways It wont win any long casting competitions but the fish are so used to bits of white foam floating down my creek, that it should fit right in Softy and doobie 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 And when the Glue doesnt hold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Galvanized wire should - (can also run the wire through the bean sinker before whacking it with a hammer} doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 The cogs keep on turning round the same old mill - but I reckon I've perfected the lead system - I can now relax Roofing lead smashed flat over a skewer of wire - with Cable ties drilled for the acceptance of a small snap swivel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy. 173 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 seems like a crazy amount of work? is there nothing off the shelf similiar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Jimmy. said: seems like a crazy amount of work? is there nothing off the shelf similiar? “The labor we delight in physics pain.” ― Shakespeare, Macbeth I'm one of those weirdos that enjoys the problem solving of making my own tackle. You could definitely buy much prettier versions of what I'm making but I dont.. I like trying alot of different types of fishing. But I'm not sure I will enjoy them or whether that method will be suitable for the spot I'm fishing. Some of those styles need considerable cost and waiting times, for things to get delivered. If I make my own stuff - it cost me next to nothing - I can tweak the design to meet my needs - its made the same day and I can try the method that afternoon. If I loose a few to snags - They can be replaced within a few minutes from junk I find on the side of the road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Softy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Softy 2,991 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 The mad scientist yellow door 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,821 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 New footage starts at the 39second mark Squid Inc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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