I was hoping that some of you could give me a description of how to make tip downs. I never notice them in sporting goods stores, so I assume that fishermen make their own. Thanks for the help.
Troutnut
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How to Make Tip Downs
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Call B&N tackle in Milwaukee, Reinke Bros will rape you on price. they want like $9 a piece for them. Cost on them is like 2.39 per. HT sells them too. online you can get a box of 12 for about $55 shipped.
I buy the still fish reels all the time.
Personally I think the stillfish reels for this application is not a good idea and the design you are basing this off of is just not needed. you break a line and feeding it down that wood rod is going to be fun. it's about the pivot and balance more than what the reel is. plus, with the still fish reels you are really screwed if you get a big fish...there is no way to quickly loosen and let it spin, the reel handle gets in the way.
I run still fish rods for shallow panfish, trust me on this one. They simply are a pain in the arse and are line holders and that's it. functionality is minimal. better off with some HT or schooly reels.
BadgerN-
For those close to Milwaukee, Reinke Bros sells them, possibly online.
Otherwise they are called “Stillfish” reels.
Tried to check out the Tip-Downs on the Sturgeon Bay based glacierco.com website, but could not in. It said that I was forbidden. What gives? I'm I doing something wrong? Has anyone had the same results? Any info regarding this matter would be appreciated. Tight lines,.... Fish'hrod
Riverguy
You yell "Flag".
Anyway, I make and sell tip downs made with umbrella spires. I've sold quite a few around the Shawano Lake area. I use a bullet counter weight and use a fat head minnow w/ a green rat-finky. Crappies don't stand a chance. The base covers the hole and hardly ever freezes.
Keep yer toes warm 'Otter
I've got one and instead of putting counterweights on the balancing stick, I cut a little half circle out of the 2 inch tall piece of wood and stuck a metal dowel in each end. I put an egg sinker on that dowel. When you rig it up and fish, you just slide the egg sinker horizontaly to mess with how much balance you want. It's quite simple. I also stuck in a finishing nail into the tip that you just lay the line over...when the fish takes bait, balancing stick tips down, and line falls off nail then spools off the spool. I guess it's pretty much like the one on the website but with a few mods.
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----------------------------------- thats what the stick ends up lookin like but the half circle runs almost the whole length of it so you can get any setting
Meat
I use them for light biting fish, perch, crappie, fussy walleye's. The fish can slowly take them down without having to trip a trigger. Its pretty common for me to catch fish that are just nibbling on a minnow. They just barely pull them down sometimes. I have used them out to 25 feet deep. You can rig them so there is next to no resistance for the fish to feel. There are a hundred different variations.
Couple questions, where would one use this instead of a tip-up? That website said shallow water, why couldnt they be used deep? Looks pretty cool, thanks to all for the great info, it is appreciated. Last question is when someone notices a strike on one of these, do they yell "TIP-DOWN!!!!!"?
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