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  • #3690813
    Anthony H
    BPL Member

    @aharlow

    Got a new backcountry fishing setup. It’s a Daggerfish Autumn Birch Handreel and a FlyGrill with cutting board. It’s only 5.1oz which is crazy lite! Can’t wait to try this out. 🏕🥰🎣

    #3690844
    David Gardner
    BPL Member

    @gearmaker

    Locale: Northern California

    Nice setup.  love the grill. Daggerfish is the brand? How long is the pole when it is set up, and what does it look like? How does a “hand reel“ work?

    #3690846
    Anthony H
    BPL Member

    @aharlow

    Here’s a nice article about it and if you google Daggerfish hand reel it will bring up some videos on techniques for casting and general use.  I’m excited about trying this out!  Nothing like fresh fish to grill in the backcountry!

    https://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2020/08/27/fishing-handline-hand-reel-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-daggerfish/stories/202008270091

    #3690851
    Jenny A
    BPL Member

    @jennifera

    Locale: Front Range

    Now THAT is a minimalist rig.  You mean I don’t need all of these different fishing rods and reels and flies and lures…?????

    #3690866
    Jason McSpadden
    BPL Member

    @jbmcsr1

    Locale: Rocky Mountains

    I don’t know how many of you have seen this but this is quite a minimal fishing set up:

    http://ultralightinsights.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-simple-minimalist-and-ultralight.html#comment-form

    #3690873
    bradmacmt
    BPL Member

    @bradmacmt

    Locale: montana

    Very interesting. I wonder whether a MYOG version could be made lighter out of plastic/pvc materials? What does the Dagger Fish weigh without the grill?

    #3690906
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    It’s really hard to beat wood for strength-to-weight.  The original composite material, it takes being blown back and forth a million times in the life of a tree.

    I did a hand-line rig out of foamed PVC for a Baja kayak trip (and caught a tuna on it).

    In Kotzebue, they haul in 10-20-30 pound sheefish on, basically, a curved branch.

    #3690908
    Anthony H
    BPL Member

    @aharlow

    What does the Dagger Fish weigh without the grill?

     

    Mine is 3.1oz with my tackle inside the handle. Just the daggerfish with no tackle comes in at 2.9oz.

    #3690927
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    Even without a lathe, one could simply drill out the center of a pre-turned replacement chair/table leg from Home Depot (for the ridges to constrain the line).

    The cork plugs are a clever and pretty light way to plug the ends of the tackle compartment.  Another option would be threaded plug.  National Pipe Thread is pretty fine for wood, something more like screw-end broom handles would (obviously) work in wood.  A google search found these taps and dies:

    https://www.garrettwade.com/wood-threader-tap-and-die-set-gp.html

    #3690994
    bradmacmt
    BPL Member

    @bradmacmt

    Locale: montana

    Mine is 3.1oz with my tackle inside the handle. Just the daggerfish with no tackle comes in at 2.9oz.

    That’s nicely light! Probably not worth the effort to MYOG for another 0.25 oz :)

    I’ll be curious to hear your report on its functionality next year.

    Merry Christmas…

     

    #3691498
    Jens Aarnaes
    Spectator

    @finnmark

    Locale: Rocky Mountains

    A plastic airline alcohol bottle with the bottom cut off makes a nice backcountry fishing outfit. Wrap the line around the outside and use like any handreel and keep lures and such inside.

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