DIY Tackle, any ideas?

[Malc]

I admit that I like sitting down and making up my own traces/rigs and used to make my own fishing flies. When walking along the beach I also fill my pockets up with bits of lost or discarded line, I will even take some home rather than bin if there are bits of tackle in among it, but I don't reuse the likes of swivels or clips for safety reasons. In amongst the stuff I found yesterday was this.

The mind boggles, I presume that it was a lead link but the lead was not there and the SS wire is very strong too? 

Edited January 19, 2022 by Malc

[captin slows old outlaw]

i like to make traces as well i find it very relaxing.

[Andy135]

30 minutes ago, Malc said:

I admit that I like sitting down and making up my own traces/rigs and used to make my own fishing flies. When walking along the beach I also fill my pockets up with bits of lost or discarded line, I will even take some home rather than bin if there are bits of tackle in among it, but I don't reuse the likes of swivels or clips for safety reasons. In amongst the stuff I found yesterday was this.

The mind boggles, I presume that it was a lead link but the lead was not there and the SS wire is very strong too? 

I too like to make my own traces, tie my own flies and even pour my own soft plastic lures (jelly worms, shad and eel bodies). Good on you for cleaning up your beaches. Not sure what's going on with that lead link. 😬

[Saintly Fish]

47 minutes ago, Malc said:

I admit that I like sitting down and making up my own traces/rigs and used to make my own fishing flies. When walking along the beach I also fill my pockets up with bits of lost or discarded line, I will even take some home rather than bin if there are bits of tackle in among it, but I don't reuse the likes of swivels or clips for safety reasons. In amongst the stuff I found yesterday was this.

The mind boggles, I presume that it was a lead link but the lead was not there and the SS wire is very strong too? 

Live bait slider?

[Malc]

1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said:

Live bait slider?

Hmmm, not sure what they were after in the river Tyne though 😕

[Saintly Fish]

6 minutes ago, Malc said:

Hmmm, not sure what they were after in the river Tyne though 😕

I don't know the river Tyne so can't answer that. 
Is it salt or fresh?

[Saintly Fish]

1 minute ago, JonC said:

33 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

I don't know the river Tyne so can't answer that. 
Is it salt or 

 

Yeah lovely. He doesn't mention if the river is salt or fresh though, just that it's foggy!

[captin slows old outlaw]

last time i was on the Tyne it was full of rubbish

[Andy135]

12 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said:

last time i was on the Tyne it was full of rubbish

Suspect it's better now though Pete.

[Saintly Fish]

44 minutes ago, JonC said:

He did describe the river better on the 12” version 

Well yeah he had an extra 5" of space.

[Malc]

Both salt and fresh, this was in the salty bit, I'm pretty sure no one would be livebaiting for the creatures in it mostly small stuff, codling Pollock coalie whiting dabs and other flats. 

When it was full of "rubbish" there were great bait beds, lots of decent fish, a six pound codling was a reasonable sized fish and flounder around a pound were common.

Prefer the Lindisfarne version

[Saintly Fish]

19 minutes ago, Malc said:

Both salt and fresh, this was in the salty bit, I'm pretty sure no one would be livebaiting for the creatures in it mostly small stuff, codling Pollock coalie whiting dabs and other flats. 

When it was full of "rubbish" there were great bait beds, lots of decent fish, a six pound codling was a reasonable sized fish and flounder around a pound were common.

Prefer the Lindisfarne version

Well it was only a guess, just looked to me that it would do as a live bait clip. 

[suzook12]

On 1/19/2022 at 5:23 PM, Malc said:

Prefer the Lindisfarne version

I think Lady Eleanor took them to court over copyright infringements