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An emergency line guide

September 5th 2008 00:46
Some of the handiest items an angler can have are a roll of tape and a paperclip.

Right now you're probably saying, "What the #*?&?????"

Here's why—if you lose a line guide, you can easily bend the paperclip into a makeshift guide and tape it onto your rod.

"Not gonna happen," you say.

Maybe—maybe not. Those single foot guides have been known to fall out now and then!
Line Guides
The upper rod has a double footed line guide but the bottom rod has guides with a single foot.



Tape and paper clips.
When I needed these items, I wasn't carrying them!


A makeshift line guide
It may not be pretty but, it does the trick!





Until next time--watch yourself and watch your line!
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Comment by katyzzz

September 5th 2008 02:57


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No, I am certainly not saying THAT.

But, never argue with an angler, they can always get the hook out.

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

September 5th 2008 05:49


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Brilliant!

You sure you weren't McGyver's proxy in another life>

Tight lines . . .

Comment by James Rickard

September 5th 2008 21:59


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katyzzz,

I guess they "get the point!"

Comment by James Rickard

September 5th 2008 22:01


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Mr Nice Guy,

Thanks to that show, I can take a chocolate bar and mend a crack in a vat of acid!!!!!

Comment by Teeg Stouffer

September 7th 2008 15:01
Clever! And I like the style of that guide - I'd have thought to put a twist in it, but this guide you've made looks like it would hold up to some abuse.

Electrical tape may be even better, and I know I made it through a vacation one time with bungee cords and duct tape when our roof rack failed...

Comment by James Rickard

September 8th 2008 01:39


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I suppose if worse came to worse, I could use a band-aid. A first aid kit is something I always have when I fish especially this year because I'm doing a lot of night fishing.

Bungee cords and duct tape??? Necessity is the mother if invention.

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