Here’s the tutorial I promised last time.
The snuff container that I used has three separate parts; the top where used snuff bags are placed and the two main parts that hold the fresh snuff.
In the top section of the container you can store hooks, weights and spinners.
You now need to buy a fishing line that is on a reel that fits inside the snuff container
To make the roller for the reel I used a dowel, a plastic picture hook and a thick plastic washer. I glued the plastic washer to the underside of the top half of the container. I sanded down one end of the dowel so that it fitted into the plastic washer and screwed the picture hook on to the other end of the dowel (remove the three nails that are used to fix the picture hook to a wall). In the picture below, the line and reel fit on the dowel, between the picture hook and plastic washer.
I drilled a small hole in the side of the container (where the line comes out) and then installed a brass eyelet in the hole to prevent the line cutting into the plastic container.
The pocket fishing kit was then completed.
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THat looks like a great reel. You should get a patten on that one.
Charlie…………..
Excellent. Can this be cast out any distance or is it more suitable for ice fishing or just dropped into deep water?
In order to cast you would need to draw out a lot of line and I think this would then snag on twigs and stuff.
nice. Did you have difficulty finding spool of line correct size? brand name?
It wasn’t easy to find the right sized reel and unfortunately there is no brand name on it.
I think that this ice fishing reel is a wonderful idea. I would like to make some of them for my friends.and myself. Where can I get some of the empty tobacco cups? The ones that are sold in Alaska only have one compartment, maybe there is something that you want from here that I could trade for them?
Boreal Barney
Hi Richard, Drop an email and we will try to sort something out. I am away now until monday.
Laplander………… Greetings from the other side of the world in Salcha, Alaska. For a trade I could make your a pretty good fishing lure, on a lead head jig hook. It kind of looks like a cross between wooly worm fly and a jig. They worked real good on rainbow trout and Dolly Varden trout here this past winter. The ones I used the most and caught the most fish with where red body and black hackle feather. I could send you a handful in your color choice in a North American style tobacco cup. If you would like to see what they look like you could do a web search for Aero Jig to see the commercial version. I have been reading you blog for the since early last winter. I enjoy it very much. My wife and I visited friends in Sweden in 2010, spending time in Sundsvall and Funasdalen. …………..Boreal Barney
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 12:07:57 +0000 To: salchatroll@hotmail.com
could you give me the dimensions (of the outside) of the kit?
Hi Karo, 7cms