Handline Fishing

[@Frogger383]

I just want to thank you for taking the time to teach this things, I have a love for the things you and others are doing. I can't go to the forts and places you are able to go, so I appreciate your time and teachings

[@TomsBackwoods]

Awesome Kit Steve! Great job fishing!

[@virginiacopeland108]

I like the connection of the leader to the main line. Thanks for the tip. Clark

[@paulhenry7122]

all that old gear and line is cool as all get out im going to make me a set up you said i another video you made your crappie hooks out of some kinda wire i think I'll have to make everything thanks man im digging this colonial time fishing tackle i already have a hand set up thanks man

[@vram28]

Awesome video - I really appreciate the bare minimum skills you displayed, I fished that way in both saltwater & freshwater growing up in South America

[@daltonvickers7977]

Thanks for the great video. It was very interesting

[@alwaysdriveing]

The setting of the hook has been the real trick for me. But I have enjoyed playing with hand lines this year. I have that exact same tin. Now I know what to do with it. :) (John Gandy)

[@independentthinker8930]

I use the lead slivers left over from bullet casting for weights

[@susanp.collins7834]

What is that interesting sounding bird in the background?

[@aaronhughes4583]

About how much line would you use on one of your hand line rigs ?? Just curious.... AWESOME vids Sir !!

[@n.hathorne6170]

I wonder about using a hemp line. I believe the navy used it for rope historically because its resistant to mildew or mold.

[@najroe]

Hemp was not chosen for mold/rot resistance, it is the strongest and most wear resistant line for circumferance that can be mafe affordably. with thin threads, linnen or cotton is stronger (but not as hard wearing) above 5mm circumferance hemp quickly gains ground

[@imjusttoodissgusted5620]

how did find #6 bank line? all I could get is #9.!

[@Slumberjacksix]

Awesome!

[@EastWoodlandSurvival]

Nice bro!

[@Echo4PapaBravo]

I'd like to see how they kept their catch fresh/alive until they were ready to head home and cook them up back in that time period. It was before Coleman coolers and gas station bagged ice. I assume they just strung a heavy line through one gill and out the open mouth like we do today. I usually just tie a stringer off of a low hanging branch or exposed root if I don't have a wire fish basket with me, when I'm planning on eating the catch. Semper Fi

[@1guyin10]

Papa Bravo Stringer, gunny sack or woven basket would be my guess. My grandfather used to use a burlap sack. He kept a little pool dammed up in the spring branch near his house that he would store fish in until he was ready to eat them. A few days in that spring water would also do a lot to take the mud taste out of catfish.

[@SHANEO1976]

1guyin10 burlap sack is exactly how they did it. Water would fill the sack and then when they went home it could empty fast.

[@1guyin10]

swampassoutfitters It worked well. We dragged a lot of fish home for the dinner table in that old burlap sack.

[@susanp.collins7834]

Tell you how I'd do it. I'd take all my gear down to the river in a plastic supermarket basket - I have such a one that I bought surplus 20 years ago at a Plastics for Africa shop and today it still doesn't have a mark on it. I'd put the basket in the river with a stone to weigh it down and if I caught anything I'd chuck it in the basket until I was ready to go home.

[@onfarm6521]

Stillwater river in Montana?

[@woodcrafter76]

Colin Chalk Stillwater River in Ohio.

[@rusumberbarr9208]

SO WHEN U COMING OUT W MORE 18TH CENTURY VIDS

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

Cool.

[@KrisScofield]

super informative video. But I can't help but notice you pronounce "sinew" weird 🤣 I've always known it to be spoken (sin-yoo). great stuff though!

[@edreese3514]

great video