hey guys. as all of you may know by now i figure i am the only guy in the usa that has taken an interest in slide fishing. with that being said it is imposible to get anything you would need . soooo i have been makeing my own tackle. i have been makeing slides and catching good fish with them so i think its time to tell how im makeing them so mabey you guys can save a few bucks.
i will post pix as soon as my phone stops being a jerk.
anyway. here in the US i couldent find spring steel for a resonable price. so i work at a marina. and we get are uniforms cleaned every week. well when they come back they are all nice and neet on wire coat hangers. these coat hangers are springy, 2.4mm and galvinised steel. so i found a video on youtube and made a jig out of aluminum to make slides. it worked and there awsome.
so if your looking for a cheap steel rod to make slides with try coat hangers. they have been working great for me.
oh and if your woried about them rusting out. yes they will. i have found that puuting them in a jar filled with wd40 or cooking oil stops this but you need to do it every time you go fishing .
hope this helps.
jason
ps. i also didnt need to weld or solder the eye loops. what i did was make an extra bend at the end. when im done i put a peice of shrink tube over the joint. this has held a 5 gallon bucket of water no problem. thats in the range of 70 lbs. if you put 70 lbs of weight on any surf rod it will explode. in theory i dont see them failing.
i will post pix as soon as my phone stops being a jerk.
anyway. here in the US i couldent find spring steel for a resonable price. so i work at a marina. and we get are uniforms cleaned every week. well when they come back they are all nice and neet on wire coat hangers. these coat hangers are springy, 2.4mm and galvinised steel. so i found a video on youtube and made a jig out of aluminum to make slides. it worked and there awsome.
so if your looking for a cheap steel rod to make slides with try coat hangers. they have been working great for me.
oh and if your woried about them rusting out. yes they will. i have found that puuting them in a jar filled with wd40 or cooking oil stops this but you need to do it every time you go fishing .
hope this helps.
jason
ps. i also didnt need to weld or solder the eye loops. what i did was make an extra bend at the end. when im done i put a peice of shrink tube over the joint. this has held a 5 gallon bucket of water no problem. thats in the range of 70 lbs. if you put 70 lbs of weight on any surf rod it will explode. in theory i dont see them failing.