yellow door 1

Hi yellow door, there are 2 different types of beams some lighs are throwers and some are flooders.What you want is a thrower , it is the way the reflector is designed, a thrower has a deep recessed cone that is designed to punch a high intensity pinpoint beam a long way, with an intense hot spot.Whereas a flooder has a shallow cone that floods a wider area brightly but not as far and direct.Many manufactures give you an option in what sort of light you are after,  anything over  5000k is  whitish blue or cool white as its known,whereas2700 3000k is your :warm: colour , a more yellowish natural light. judging by what you are saying ideal for you would be a 2700 to 3000 k thrower or adjustable beam.

Haha - trust me, I understand your pain.

I would have to be the most considerate head torch user known to man.

I always ask for permission from fellow anglers before turning it on and I'm extremely mindful of where the beam is pointing.

The guys I fish with are veteran head torch users, so the "rookie errors", alot of people make, do not occur in my circle.

I have introduced alot of people to the joys of head torches but after a few years I started giving safety briefings before handing them out😉.

For instance - If I was going camping with a new crew I'd always buy some cheapies from bunnings. (Mainly so they would stop asking to borrow mine😉)

Watching a newb use one for the first time, is a night mare.

Direct blasts to your eyes - Shining them over the water at inopportune times and "over use" are the major crimes.

But on the head of a considerate gentleman - A head torch is a weapon that has greatly increased my catches - my head torch has been responsible for unlocking angling secrets that would never have been discovered otherwise. - this fish would not have been caught if I hadn't "Head Torched" the area the night before 🙂

Thankfully I'll have a hand torch then

Just got some feed back from a bloke whose been using a similar unit for 5 years without problem

I must have been too rough with mine and dislodged the wiring by pulling to hard on the light to get it out of a bag - (the soldering job on the wiring was dodgy though) so If you look after these lights - they could be a real option.

not saying there arent better lights out there - just saying these might be a legitimate option based on intended use

Yeah I use my head torch to spot fish at night so they need to be super bright, with a single handed focus-able beam. My main gripe with the Led Lenser I bought is it doesnt focus all the way down to a really tight spot like the old ones used to.

I've bought these cheap lights before and I've experienced the problems you mentioned. Thats why I splurged on the Led Lenser.

I dont expect the ebay one to last too long but I was just too curious about the 13,000 lumens they offered - and for $20 I am no longer wondering😉

(p.s. I dont think its quite 13.000 lumens)😉

 
 

My counter appears to be the same.  Cheap but adequate for my use
Your spooling device looks functional and durable 🙂
This is the one I bought, the wing bolts had crap metal and stripped, the female thread good though so replaced bolts and clamp it in a vice rather than using the suction cup.  Great tension control with the springs each side
Cheers
Rod

Finally a reason to wear crocs...
 

Can't anymore accurate than  

Curiosity got the better of me
 
 

Yeah part of me is worried that the holes are too big - but I'm hoping with a vigorous sifting style, the maggots will be too busy bouncing around to be able to find their way down the holes.

I had every intention of going to the 2 dollar shop to look for baskets - but I've had a severe case of the sniffles - so it was easier to let my fingers do the walking😉

I'll let you know how the 3mm holes go

Should do the job well enough.
I use a cheap $2 one I got from Cheap as Chip couple of years ago although rusting a bit now lol, but the pore size is smaller than the ones your looking at.  May have to try one like the green one next time.

The holes, in my improvised mesh sieve for separating maggots from bran, were too small. (2mm max)

So I googled Maggots sieves/riddle and they were a bit expensive. Cheapest I found on ebay was about $36 if you include postage charges. So I googled popular mesh sizes. Seems 3mm is about right.

The purpose built ones are made from wire, which I imagine is more efficient (first photo) - but this plastic garden sieve will be better than what I had.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Plastic-Garden-Sieve-Riddle-Green-For-Composy-Soil-Stone-Mesh-Tool-Gardening/401413014489?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D6b8745d0557f4abaaf1a597c4b748582%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D163594536186%26itm%3D401413014489&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ade2f77f2-727a-11e9-b257-74dbd1802e2b|parentrq%3A9d82ef4116a0a9cc71d86d43ffe44104|iid%3A1

Yeah thats good going

I spose when you buy them from the shop, you never know just how long they have been sitting in the tackle shop fridge before you get your hands on them.

I remember going into a tackle shop of a mate, of a mate, to grab some pillies - while we were chatting, I mentioned his friend and he immediately goes to the bait freezer and digs right down to the bottom of the pilly blocks and pulls that one out. He said they restack the bait freezers every time a new shipment comes in so they dont have old stock going off at the bottom of the freezer.

So if I was ever going to buy maggots from a store - I'd be grabbing the least accessible punnet I could find😉

Heres an update of my maggots after 16 days
 
 

Just an update.
Took them out the fridge for their weekly walk today and they are still wriggling.  A few more dead from a few weeks ago, but don't they'll last another couple of weeks.
Maybe just enough for 1 session left - but not a long session lol.
So I reckon about 8 weeks now, so not so bad.

So one cubic meter of lead is 30% heavier than 1 cubic metre of steel.

Heres a list of metal densities - higher the number the heavier per cubed metre

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/metal-alloys-densities-d_50.html

 

Yes definitely comes down to the smell and best way to attract them.
Yet in Winter when I'm cleaning fresh Salmon they appear quite quickly too as I have to watch they don't get onto the fillets.
Good video - I'm going to have to try that next time - seems a better way to separate them (thanks for finding it and putting it up).

Yeah the lack flies is not something I remember complaining about in the past.



 

yeah if you can weld, it would make things a whole lot more professional.

But theres still a few options for non welders - I'd be interested to see what you come up with.

Most blokes just use wire to wrap them on - but I had more zipties than wire😉

Not good for much - but they are good for some applications.

Obviously dont paint them if you're pretty sure you'll lose them first go - and use at your own risk😉
 
 

Haha - Nice one Doobie.😁

Yeah  I wanted to see how long they took to make, so I figured I should film it - cutting through16mm rebar takes 15 seconds - cutting and folding the wire takes about 20 - Sanding the burrs off takes around 20-30seconds - and the double Zipties takes around 20 seconds


So if you were firing on all cylinders and had everything laid out -  you could make an unpainted one from scratch in a couple of minutes.
 

Good video Yellow Door - a great 'Deliverance'  

Not good for much - but they are good for some applications.

Obviously dont paint them if you're pretty sure you'll lose them first go - and use at your own risk😉