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Title: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:19:00 PM
We'll start with a vented Magnus I managed to bend (yes, I missed the critter and hit a rock)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/FishArrow/ventedmagnus.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: LBR on June 15, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
Dad-gum it John--speed it up!  I plan to go chase gar and carp tomorrow, and need all the help I can get!

Chad
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
The tools we need are a vise, a grinder of some kind, and a drill.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/FishArrow/tools.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:22:00 PM
the first cut--simply grind off the back brace.Then turn it over in the vise and do the other side. NOTE: This makes the head "Barbed" and immediately illegal in most states for hunting game, but OK for fish.
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/FishArrow/1stcut.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:24:00 PM
Drill a small hole through the shaft right at the back of the head. This is an old ML8 fiberglass shaft, but my bud Kenny uses Hickory. If you wanted more weight, you could use a solid fiberglass blank, or metal, or whatever.
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/FishArrow/holeinarrow.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:28:00 PM
run a piece of staging or heavy weedeater cord through the hole, tie a knot, and half-hitch it at the other end. Superglue stops the fiberglass/wood from fraying or splitting. Just make the line taut. You don't want it to warp the arrow. Be sure to coat the half-hitches with superglue.
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/FishArrow/rainvanes.jpg)
I fletched this one with Rain Vanes from 3rivers, but any old plastic vanes will do.
I connect a snap swivel onto the green line you see, and simply unsnap it and pull the arrow on through the fish.
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:30:00 PM
and I like to carry a few along when I'm wading a creek, so I use a piece of PVC with an old camera strap for a back quiver.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/FishArrow/pvcquiver.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:32:00 PM
It does work.....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/johnnail/Misc/carp.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: John Nail on June 15, 2007, 06:35:00 PM
Chad, is that quick enough?
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: TRADITIONAL ONLY on June 15, 2007, 09:45:00 PM
ok how about i make a suggestion? why dont you just use crimps on the weedeater line to secure it, like what comes with regular cable slides, or maybe even using a saftey slide?  i made an arrow to shoot fish and moved the stopper to the saftey slide to in front of the fletching. aint got the chance to really use it, but in the proto-type phase it worked...
Title: Re: Let's make a fish arrow....
Post by: LBR on June 15, 2007, 11:49:00 PM
Thanks John--cool pic to boot!

Chad
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