kitefisher
Sealiner
I saw this dropper which resembles one that I made about 15 years ago, advertised in a fishing magazine.The quality of this ,being made of a solid bar of Aluminium, obviously exceeds my feeble attempts by far.
The principle is the same however: Basically it takes two to ''tango'' with this method.It is attached to your kite-line between 20 and 100 meters from the kite,(conditions/terrain depending).Once your fishing outfit is clipped in by pulling the spring-loaded long leg of the dropper,inserting your swivel(at the trace),then the fishing-rod ''drives'''the kite, with the kite-rod operator merely paying out line.Enough line to always be slack between kite-rod and dropper,or else it will open up the dropper,and release your offering.
Kite is then let out further by the angler at a rate so that the kite-rod can keep up with paying slack line,without this slack line touching water or other obstacles,which would lead to ''premature-release''.
When desired distance is reached,kite-line slack is taken up,(or merely locked whilst fishing rod is still giving line),which in turn opens up the clip and drops your bait and sinker(if sinker is used).I have only experimented with it briefly,and used a diagonally sliced Carapau of about 8inches long weighing maybe 350g and a 6 oz grapnel which we could easily take out 250meters,using a Windsong 1mx1m with merely a puff of wind.
It comes inside a rubber-cap-sealed PVC tube,with full instructions enclosed,and retails for approx R200-250.per unit.Handmade by Piet van Zyl 083 780 4535,whom I think is in Kempton Park.
p.s In my experiment using a 1mx1m Windsong the terminal tackle was airborn at all times,obviously it would be dependant on size kite,bait,sinker and windstrength.
The principle is the same however: Basically it takes two to ''tango'' with this method.It is attached to your kite-line between 20 and 100 meters from the kite,(conditions/terrain depending).Once your fishing outfit is clipped in by pulling the spring-loaded long leg of the dropper,inserting your swivel(at the trace),then the fishing-rod ''drives'''the kite, with the kite-rod operator merely paying out line.Enough line to always be slack between kite-rod and dropper,or else it will open up the dropper,and release your offering.
Kite is then let out further by the angler at a rate so that the kite-rod can keep up with paying slack line,without this slack line touching water or other obstacles,which would lead to ''premature-release''.
When desired distance is reached,kite-line slack is taken up,(or merely locked whilst fishing rod is still giving line),which in turn opens up the clip and drops your bait and sinker(if sinker is used).I have only experimented with it briefly,and used a diagonally sliced Carapau of about 8inches long weighing maybe 350g and a 6 oz grapnel which we could easily take out 250meters,using a Windsong 1mx1m with merely a puff of wind.
It comes inside a rubber-cap-sealed PVC tube,with full instructions enclosed,and retails for approx R200-250.per unit.Handmade by Piet van Zyl 083 780 4535,whom I think is in Kempton Park.
p.s In my experiment using a 1mx1m Windsong the terminal tackle was airborn at all times,obviously it would be dependant on size kite,bait,sinker and windstrength.
