Alone Season 5: My Fishing Pole

I describe how I made my shelter, how I cut snare wire without a multitool, and show how I made my fishing pole while surviving in Mongolia.

[@neillorhuey]

Just watched you make your net just now on Netflix in Australia. Beautiful! Humans are the tool makers. That was a thing of beauty! Nicely done and a game changer for survival.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!

[@WonderingGreenMan]

That is an AWESOME fishing pole! I love it! great ingenuity! I don't think you have to justify your anger, just that people that haven't been there won't understand. I think you did awesome! Thank you for sharing!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks, and thanks for subbing!

[@alanwiebe6552]

Great video! Thanks for taking a minute to talk about the "outbursts". You are so calm and peaceful in this video its hard to believe you are the same person they have portrayed you as on Alone! I love all of your victories on the show, the net you made was awesome! Thanks for taking time out of your life to keep us armchair survivalists entertained!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks! I appreciate the comment and support. :)

[@bugoutbasics1070]

The little tricks is what I try to express to everyone. Keep it simple. Thanks for sharing.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

You bet, thanks.

[@frankieberna9766]

I knew something was up with the wind making you flustered I told my wife while we was watching this is not the way you are 99.99 percent of the time you're one of the most layed back person on here great job Larry

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks! They like to show what they like to show.

[@dyanshane]

I am REALLY hoping you win Larry. I just love you. A person who deserves to take a break. Hang in there! I hope you made it!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!!

[@karlo8093]

Nice! Very creative. Thanks for sharing that with us Larry. I too have been a follower since before Alone. Good luck on the rest of this season.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@thomasflores166]

Production looking sick Josh. Would love to see a big tarpon episode .

[@kantill]

Nicely done sir and you know I'm all in for team LarryBleepingRoberts 😁

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Lol. Thanks!

[@Mostlyonoff]

Very cool fishing pole. Metal wire is super useful for tons of stuff out there. The net was superb. In the top 5 of all things made on the show. Bouncing a nice fish when your starving has got to be excruciating, and its happened a lot to everyone. Bet you wished you had that net in Vancouver Look forward to new vids

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks! Actually, the net wasn’t needed on VCI. I was using trot lines there and the fish hooked themselves pretty good.

[@cherryseventeen]

I was wondering how to do that fishing pole...Thanks for sharing! About your filming there in season 5... all i can say is that your human for me that’s normal... nobody’s perfect! We have emotions...because we are human... about your headrush hope you’re ok now... that was scary to watch knowing you’re alone... God bless you and your family larry! Looking forward for more videos!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you! Yes, my head rushes went away after I was more careful with the dandelions.

[@woodswomenlukinichgreen1888]

Loved it Larry. Stay with it man.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!

[@survivalapache7331]

Awesome your the man Larry thanks for sharing

[@LarryRobertsbc]

You bet, and thank you!

[@jonNH123]

Thanks for posting these Larry. I really get such a kick hearing about you and your adventures. :-)

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@jam1701]

Thanks for the insight.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

You bet, thanks for watching.

[@joshbabb7470]

Glad to see you back on KZbin Larry. Thanks for the tips. I hope you have a great week. - Josh

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks, and you too!

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Great skills Brother! Thanks for sharing! I'm glad that you get to share some skills and stories. They depend on you forgetting that you are filming, so that they can get lots of drama! It makes for "good TV".

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Yes it does. Oh well, I got to go to Mongolia. :)

[@brianspencer4220]

Hi Larry : Seems to be a very well constructed rod. Now the application! Thanks Brian 78

[@LarryRobertsbc]

I will get to that. Thanks!

[@recall5811]

Nice Bro!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@Banditbear0902]

Great video! Lots of useful information. Thanks for sharing

[@LarryRobertsbc]

You bet! Thanks for watching.

[@andreborsch2266]

Thank you for showing Larry. Unfortunately I couldn't watch Alone 5 here in germany. So please show us more of what you did in mongolia. And I hope you won! ATB André

[@andrewhall1824]

Awesome tutorial Larry!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@justaguyoutside8409]

Sir. Excellent!!! Keep them coming

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@johnrollins4879]

Really enjoyed the video! Hope to see you back here on KZbin more often!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks, and I’ll try!

[@JamesonThe1]

Thanks for the video! Great!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!

[@rickc4317]

Good, interesting info, Larry, thanks for sharing this!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

You bet, thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.

[@JamesonThe1]

Could you do a video showing how you made your Paiutes in Mongolia? It looks like you sawed a larger diameter log to 2" depths then stacked small boulders on the top disc.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Yes, I’m planning to do a video explaining how I did it and why.

[@JamesonThe1]

Thank-you! looking forward to it.

[@BrosephRussell]

Great looking fishing pole

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!

[@benthere8051]

I watched a guy fishing in Vietnam who had a technique that worked very well. He didn't use a rod at all. He wound his line around a smooth can. When he wanted to cast, he would twirl the hook & sinker in a circle and let it go like a slingshot. He held the can so that its long axis was in the direction of his cast. The line would spool off the end of the can. He was making consistent 30 to 40 yard casts with ease. To retrieve the line he simply wound the line back onto the can. In this way a round canteen could serve as a reel and serve a dual function.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

I call that method a hand line. I used a short branch. Randy from my season used a found bottle.

[@mickbadgero5457]

Nice video. And nice shirt.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!

[@davidjennings6937]

Very informative. !!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@Daveisnthere]

Thanks for the video.

[@RichardMillion]

very informative video, thank you hero!!!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you!

[@quinnwarman5139]

Great rod

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@williamfawkes8379]

I was so happy to see a Minnesotan on the show when you went the first time, and now again. Just don't let everyone know how awesome it really is here or they'll all be wanting to move in. Congratulations on your superb accomplishments. As a dude that also grew up in Chisago county, are there groups or resources in the area that you would recommend for a person that enjoys bushcraft/self-reliance type activities?

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks! As far as groups are concerned, I don’t know of any. I give classes occasionally and I know a few others who do as well.

[@jiffywartbustle2348]

Makes you more personable, really, because I think most people would react the same. At least some internal monologue along the same lines, bare minimum! Great video and good job on Alone so far!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[@MrMadhouse70]

Nice Larry:)

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@michaelbutler4961]

Enjoyed the video. Looking forward to the fishnet video. In the meantime I'll check out your ch.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@doughroasterbushcraftandsu3947]

Thanks Larry uk sub here we’ve not seen any of this season on History yet would you have any idea if they are going to air it?long shot I know but I thought I’d give it a shot hope you won btw 👍

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Sorry, I don’t know when it will air overseas. Thanks!

[@doughroasterbushcraftandsu3947]

Larry Roberts No problem every other season has been aired usually a couple of episodes after it starts in the states,thanks for replying Larry 👍

[@spider5001]

Great video🙂 gonna try to make one of these and test it out👍🏻 don’t worry about your language friend. It’s the reason we love you and I have a mouse stamp genesis 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you! Let me know how the fishing pole works for you. I plan on doing a video with it in action, hopefully I’ll catch some smallies.

[@DirtTimeAdventures]

Were your eyelets facing up or down when you used the pole?

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Actually I angled the pole towards the current so the line was resting on the loops of the eyelets and not towards the stick. That also let gravity hold the real on the the cross stick and it wouldn’t keep falling off.

[@gregwright392]

Cool n educational. What's your thoughts on taking a leatherman style tool as one of your items on alone?

[@LarryRobertsbc]

I think a multi tool is a great thing to take. If they would have given us more items I would have taken one, but I feel my belt knife was a better choice if I could only have one.

[@gregwright392]

Larry Roberts I agree since your limited in the items you can bring.

[@thetruthhershelcyphers]

👍

[@bigmatt1446]

Go Team Larry 👍

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks!

[@JohnSmith-gs4lw]

Consider yourself lucky that the producers didn’t decide to take it one step further and invent their own content. In one of his videos, Liam Hoffman says that when they filmed him for Forged in Fire, they actually bleeped his dialog like he was cussing and he wasn’t. So I guess that’s not technically lying or making him say something he didn’t, but it’s still dishonest. In both cases, yours and his, it was “creative” editing done to tell their narrative, not yours. I wish people would think about this when they watch the news or read the newspaper. You only know what they tell you and how they tell you, regardless of the truth.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Very true, they take some liberties for sure.

[@RichardMillion]

Show us how to fish with this thing.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

I will. I’ll probably do a video where I fish with this pole and use my landing net too.

[@Eric-ew8jt]

I'm first for the beard!

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Ha!

[@spiced4725]

If you could go over some other restrictions without breaking the NDA that would be helpful with many questions. The infamous "I would do this or that" or "Why don't they do this or that?" I find myself saying "Well, there may be restrictions we don't know about for one reason or another."

[@LarryRobertsbc]

I can’t go into the restrictions too much for this season, but I will say there are restrictions on what game you can take and how you can take it.

[@gonetoheck]

If I knew I was being filmed for a possible nation wide audience, I think I might've messed with people a bit and maybe run the fishing pole backwards to where the heavy part of the stick was pointing toward the water (and not film the actual pole you were using to catch fish with). I have a shirt that has a saying on it "There's a fine line between fishing and sitting there looking stupid". :D Cheers !

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Ha!

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

I've tuned to your channel for a while, pre Alone, I have always admired you calm attitude. I also understand the Rage the comes out, it happens, we check ourselves when in public and for the most part as a practice whenever, but there is always that moment. And leave it up to the Alone producers or whoever it is that selects footage to show such aspects, its like they want to portray you as the angry old guy. We know better. Cool pole. If you get a chance check out Bushcraft U S A, a great thread on Alone going on there. bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/alone-season-5-episode-8-redemption-mongolia.228531/#post-3944231

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thank you, and I’ll check it out now if I can figure it out.

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

Scroll to the top of the page and go through the sign up stuff, A bunch of other Aloners post on there. They would be happy to hear from you, its a good group.

[@asha.m]

I can only imagine standing alone in Mongolia and everything testing my last nerve. They would have to bleep out whole sentances from me. Don't sweat it, we get it.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks. They sure like to show my melt downs.

[@dcslapout5697]

Been watching. Wind bad and mice worse. Just hope the dizzy spells you were having are gone. That was scarey to watch

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Thanks, yes the dizzy spells went away.

[@indianaratman]

that wire is kinky

[@sailboat7883]

seriously? I was cuttin cane poles when I was 5 years old. dont tell me people cant make a primitive pole for fishing.

[@LarryRobertsbc]

Um, ok.