Washing Up Bottle Top
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Washing Up Bottle Top
A bit before my time this one. I take it the method was running your line through the loop, and when you struck it just stayed on?
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
... or you could un-clip it with the flick of a fingertip, Sir.
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
....or try and untangle the twisted line and free the top from the rod eye before the line snaps.....
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
Through the loop, never had any problems although it's useful to remember that it's got to be attached above the lowest ring.
An additional benefit is that the hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face.
An additional benefit is that the hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face.
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
I use them and not had problems. I usually clip it on under the ferrules.
If you want a bobbin that has less risk of getting caught up on the strike then the old dough bobbin indicator is good.
If you want a bobbin that has less risk of getting caught up on the strike then the old dough bobbin indicator is good.
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
I thought they were great when I was a kid, a shame i just can't get them anymore
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
I used to put 1/2 p's in them to weight it down a bit if it was a windy day.
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
I used shot held into the inside of the cap with blutack but a better method is the one suggested here by Penninelad: put a skewer vertically into the ground and have the loop around that.Danny Boy wrote:I used to put 1/2 p's in them to weight it down a bit if it was a windy day.
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Re: Washing Up Bottle Top
Before monkey climbers we used to use a tube of silver foil on the line with a straight rod in the ground at an angle and lined up with the butt ring. You then slid the foil ring down the metal rod and it would not blow about in the wind. The foil ring would then rise up the metal rod on a take or slide back of course if just using a ball of bread paste as bait and weight.