Survival Fishing Pole

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What do you guys think of the Emmrod products?

Who has used them?

How durable are they?

Thanks,

Geoff Massa
 
similar post last week,kinda pricey to me....but I am sure I will end up with one at some point in time....look cool and useful...
 
consider a cheap fly fishing reel or ice fishing reel, a couple of small radiator clamps, and either twisted wire or eyelets from a rod repair site.
 
My dad scored a vintage ronco pocket fisherman off the bay a while back. He was stoked... Looked funny, but usefull. He wanted one forever he said.
 
I have heard many people talk about the Emrod but never heard any that actually owned own talk about it...

Another option may to build a 36" rod out of blanks- use sections 12" long and a micro spinning reel. I hope to play with that IF I ever get caught up at home.

2Door
 
We lost all of our fishing poles to a canoe flipping while in the BWCAW last week. No running to WallyWorld for new ones, but we did have a spool of line so we came up with a half-dozen of THESE:

poles.jpg


6'-7' long maple sapling with two snap swivels tied on for eyelets. All but one had the line wrapped around two dowels for storage. The poles were used for setting the hook, we hand-lined them in. Lots of 2#-3# walleye and a few 5# + walleye and pike... The pole shown on the right was made with the remains of the spool of line. you could actually stick your finger in the spokes and reel the fish in with it. Drilled a hole in the stick with an awl (Leatherman Wave) and pounded a whittled dowel in as an axle. Paracord served as bushings.

J-
 
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HomeBru said:
We lost all of our fishing poles to a canoe flipping while in the BWCAW last week. No running to WallyWorld for new ones, but we did have a spool of line so we came up with a half-dozen of THESE:

poles.jpg


6'-7' long maple sapling with two snap swivels tied on for eyelets. All but one had the line wrapped around two dowels for storage. The poles were used for setting the hook, we hand-lined them in. Lots of 2#-3# walleye and a few 5# + walleye and pike... The pole shown on the right was made with the remains of the spool of line. you could actually stick your finger in the spokes and reel the fish in with it. Drilled a hole in the stick with an awl (Leatherman Wave) and pounded a whittled dowel in as an axle. Paracord served as bushings.

J-
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Yes !!!!
 
Well executed, HomeBru. In the true spirit of adapt and overcome. :thumbup:

For those of you who are truly interested in a compact rig, consider this.

Doc
 
HomeBru said:
We lost all of our fishing poles to a canoe flipping while in the BWCAW last week. No running to WallyWorld for new ones, but we did have a spool of line so we came up with a half-dozen of THESE:

poles.jpg


6'-7' long maple sapling with two snap swivels tied on for eyelets. All but one had the line wrapped around two dowels for storage. The poles were used for setting the hook, we hand-lined them in. Lots of 2#-3# walleye and a few 5# + walleye and pike... The pole shown on the right was made with the remains of the spool of line. you could actually stick your finger in the spokes and reel the fish in with it. Drilled a hole in the stick with an awl (Leatherman Wave) and pounded a whittled dowel in as an axle. Paracord served as bushings.

J-
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WOW :thumbup:

Great thinking and making what you have work for you, most peole would have just decided not to fish.

I hope you didn't lose one of your favorite poles. One of my favorite poles is at the bottom off a 20ft deep pond :(
 
Bottles work well as well as a makeshift handline. I went to college in florida with a Pakistani guy who used to fish with empty beer bottles. He could cast farther than a spinning reel and landed some impressive sized stingrays by hand. Any size bottle will do and make for a working handline in a survival situation. All it takes is a little practice casting and if you've ever used a handline, you know the rest. If you carry water bottles you already have the "pole" with you in your kit.

Pete
 
Pete1977 said:
Bottles work well as well as a makeshift handline. I went to college in florida with a Pakistani guy who used to fish with empty beer bottles. He could cast farther than a spinning reel and landed some impressive sized stingrays by hand. Any size bottle will do and make for a working handline in a survival situation. All it takes is a little practice casting and if you've ever used a handline, you know the rest. If you carry water bottles you already have the "pole" with you in your kit.

Pete
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Good point! I have an article from National Geographic showing Euell Gibbons fishing with a Coke bottle 'fishing pole'. Just can't find it at the moment.

Doc
 
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