Ultimate DIY Decoy Motion Rig

[@roadhunter72]

Cannot give this video/idea as many thumbs up as it deserves.

[@KainOutdoors]

Thank you

[@beachamstill4594]

Have really enjoyed playing around with this setup over the past couple of seasons, particularly on swinging tides in the Florida marsh... Float rig is easy to setup/teardown, keeps me mobile and far more effective than an anchored/bungee jerk system when the water recedes. As many mentioned, the retractable clothesline lacks a strong enough spring to pull the spread back through any weeds or submerged grass. Additionally, any saltwater environment will eat up the internal components in a few weeks' time. After some consideration, I've pivoted to a retractable dog tie-out found on amazon - same concept but sturdier construction and stronger spring strength. Many thanks for the great idea Mr. Kain!

[@richards.7770]

This is the slickest motion rig I’ve seen yet! Thanks. Also, great idea to hide the reel mechanism with an old decoy!

[@DaveThomspon]

Very cool. Would like to see the spreader bar build.

[@garrywaterman7570]

Please go into more detail on how you connect to the decoys show me the set up please

[@KainOutdoors]

docs.google.com/document/d/1CWh21nDr61-ipVjVQmmjWqRe4WewB5miuaw9IntCz6w/edit?usp=sharing

[@user-io4ui9dr5q]

Making one tomorrow great idea, I'm just going to make one change, on my end I'm going to use a retractable dog's leash never have to wind ...just pull the trigger...awesome!!

[@jordanhudson5075]

Was it strong enough to pull it back to you ?

[@Ikmtyou2337]

I wonder if some arrow rest felt on the mating surface of that thumb latch would dampen the spund enough

[@AdrenalineTurkeyCall]

Awesome video. I really dig it as well as your reel cover up video. Do you think you can do a short video on the spreader bar you built for your decoys? That would bring it all together.

[@rocketfuel1698]

A video of the spreader bar would be great.I have no clue from description.

[@ThatLad685]

That’s insanely realistic looking

[@MrT13]

I guess since you put this out. I been using one of these about 25 years. Here’s a couple things. An anchor with just 8-10’ of string past the pole helps stabilize it in muck so it don’t pull over. A couple in line helps too. Couple versions but more importantly. If you put a 1/2” pipe 5’ inside a 3/4” and get a 1/2” clamp you have an adjustable pole. Also a yo-yo or Cuban real works best cause what we do is pull all the tension out of the puller and lock it in one of those cheap kayak anchor clamps. The one Where it’s got ridges backwards. Or just put a loop in main line and put it on somewhere a cleat or bolts or whatever ready to release. Then if you got interest just release it and let it go back on its own. Put the yo-yo on or in something where it just spools out. Milk crate with towel in it etc. If you want to be fancy… since they are adjustable, use two off the same main line. Kayak I use 1. Boat we use 2. And often no other decoys…

[@MrT13]

The spreader bars we make are just pvc + with bungee in just one direction so it pulls apart and folds up quickly and goes in the same bag as the poles, reels, anchor, yo-yo everything. Get a pop up canopy replacement carry case… they are like 15$ everything two full sets 2 anchors poles everything goes in one bag with wheels on it…

[@kevinbarker4696]

I like this set up, I wonder how could I get it to work in deep water like 8-12 foot

[@KainOutdoors]

Maybe an anchor with a float near the reel to hold it off the bottom. The reel would be submerged but it will still work underwater.

[@jasosa112]

AWESOME VID! Love this idea. Can you show exactly how you hook it all up? Including the decoy attached in the middle.

[@josephmurphy8406]

Would love to see a vid like that to!

[@dblevens]

Makes a fella wonder if the clicking noise might actually help. Little feeding chuckle. This is a neat setup.

[@jeffgriffin1497]

Can you show spreader and how to attach decoys. Thanks

[@emMarquez11]

It would be sweet to see how you set up the decoys... I'm not quite understanding how you are getting those decoys to swim the way that they do and that's one of the coolest parts of this set up!

[@mikebell3396]

Mate this is awesome, I'm from New Zealand and shoot on a small creek so any movement helps the duck spot the creek and this is ideal thanks. I will have to modify it a bit to make it work but looking forward to whipping this we treat up and giving it a go this weekend!

[@Follower_of_The_Word]

Good idea using the dive reel and laundry reel, but I hunt in very rocky ground so I can’t drive a stake. Instead I use a 1-lb kayak anchor and 15’ of black stretch cord and get over 20’ of movement. I will try the dive reel!

[@michaelsavage4414]

Wow! What a great video! Thanks for that, and thanks for not seeking to get rich off it! But I wouldn't blame you if you did. I sent for the parts from your website so I hope you make a little from it! Can't wait to try it!

[@benjaminbett114]

Can you show how you hook up your lead line to the spreader to get the figure 8 motion.

[@rolandatc9197]

Thanks for the idea and the video. I will definitely give this a try. Really like the reel action and not having to wave my arms when trying to jerk the traditional set up. I also hunt out of a skiff and the waves and ripples sometimes draw attention to my hide and not to the decoys

[@KainOutdoors]

Let me know how it turns out.

[@garinhansen5860]

Okay I’m sold I’m building one immediately. So your just setting the clothes line reel just above the water line and covering it with a decoy basically? Also would a drain hole drilled into the real not be beneficial to help dry it out? What would be the most effective way to dry the reel out?

[@KainOutdoors]

Drain hole would work for sure. The problem is the cord holds moisture and the springs are going to rust no matter what. I wish I could find something stainless but so far no luck. I have been hesitant to use oil like WD40. I just make a new one each year. Cover with a decoy or grass helps but I have been mostly using it exposed and its not been a problem.

[@garinhansen5860]

@@KainOutdoors awesome I appreciate the quick reply!

[@davidburkholderoutdoors2364]

Well played. can’t wait to build this

[@dennisswroptr4382]

Can you please make a video showing how you put the set up together out in the field, also a shot showing how you use it using the yellow real? I am just confused with how exactly I would set this up.

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

I applaud your creativeness..... I did discover a flaw. The clothesline retractor....it is not a very strong spring....if the line or a decoy hangs up on a weed, its not powerful enough to retract especially given the overall weight of 5 decoys and wet cord. Given where I hunt or where others hunt, it might be a hinderance rather than a benefit over some type of bungee.

[@jonathonjustice7574]

What ingenuity! Great video and great personality. Thanks for sharing

[@BATMAN-lz9bt]

That's awesome! I want to make one now with some tackle hanging off of it. That would work great for those 'hard to cast' places. It would be perfect for fishing in streams or narrow parts of a lake. Tie it off to a tree, toss it across the water with a weight hooked on it, run around and hook up my tackle. Then I could fish all day and not get my lures stuck in the tree above me! 🤘😆

[@KainOutdoors]

That would work pretty good.

[@SCBalla1]

Thank you for sharing this!! Question… how would you modify this to have to ability to hunt 20ft water? Thanks for the help!

[@jasonlenihan9854]

Take a crab pot buoy paint it flat black , run a piece of 2 or 3 foot schedule 40 PVC or three-quarter inch EMT through the top and bottom of the crab Buoy, let The conduit hang down about 2 feet below your buoy, take whatever length of rope you need for your depth tie a 10 or 15 pound weight to one end , then run rope through conduit through the bottom and tie a knot once you’re through the top, adjust the rope for whatever depth you’re at and then Clamp it , attach your clothesline rig to conduit below the buoy make sure your rope is tight and your weight is heavy. Play around with length of PVC or conduit and how heavy your weight is until you’re happy with it, bouy we will move a little bit but it will just look like a black duck or a diver. Good luck hope this wasn’t confusing

[@oono2115]

I love your genuine 💡

[@rickdaniels6741]

I’d like to see it in action when hunting. I bought everything on your list. But I do think there are options for waterproof retractors

[@iangood9773]

Thanks man this will really help

[@operationNOBO]

You are a genius. I have always thought of how to make something with this motion, glad you did because mine would have been pretty awful haha. Awesome creation

[@KainOutdoors]

Thank you. Im hoping a lot of people make one and let me know how it works

[@keithlohbc]

@@KainOutdoors I picked up this project again .. for some reason the retractable cord unit I picked up from my hardware store seems pretty weak, or at least doesn't seem to have the pull strength to want to retract just the cord I connected it to. I haven't tried it in water yet, just have it in the air. I used PVC cord, I'm thinking maybe the line is too long and so is too heavy?

[@submissionoutdoors570]

this is great, nice job. I think a uni to uni knot might work used in fishing to join 2 lines of similar diameter might work and would be really solid. wouldnt have to use shrink wrap or that thread....just a thought

[@KainOutdoors]

It might work. I was trying to avoid having a knot in there because Im not sure how much room is inside once the line is all coiled. having a knot might bind the cord or not make it work as smoothly.

[@Dckducksdeer]

Thanks man, this is great

[@Ca_Tule_Ninja]

Awesome video! What a great design and honest presentation of it. I will be sharing this!

[@KainOutdoors]

Thank you. Cant wait to see a bunch of people trying this out.

[@genekind9150]

I used a similar rig and only got a couple of uses out of it before it rusted and stopped working. It's a great idea but it's going to need constant repair or parts replacement.

[@KainOutdoors]

Bummer. What retractor did you end up using? The one I got from home depot worked for a whole season.

[@garrywaterman7570]

Do you have a link for the purchasing of that hand real thing I don’t know what that is

[@johnmeyer9937]

Freaking genius! Well done sir!

[@stephenhendrickson4456]

Is the carabiner that’s hooked to the reel also hooked onto the outside decoy arm so it spins back towards the reel when you let slack out of your dive reel?

[@KainOutdoors]

Yes

[@tylersGBO]

If both lines are on the outside decoy arm, What is hooked to the center piece of the spreader?

[@KainOutdoors]

@@tylersGBO Just the center decoy

[@KainOutdoors]

@Tyler Stanfield @Stephen Hendrickson Just to clarify, the line i have to the dive reel has a loop on the end. I attach that to the carabiner on the retractor. About 3-4 feet up the line I tied a loop that has a spring clip. Thats what attaches to one of the outside decoys. That way when the line is fully retracted the decoy spreader is still 3-4 feet away from the retractor reel.

[@tylersGBO]

@@KainOutdoors thank you for the response. That clarifies it for me. I made a decoy spreader last year and didn’t get as much movement as I wanted. But the way yours spins looked incredible. You should figure out how to patent this. Yours is different than most I’ve seen.

[@WhatTheQuackOutdoors]

I think you just broke every single jerk rig options. That is the most realistic motion ever. You need to patent this motion

[@davidleblanc7782]

Really awesome idea

[@WhoWasMae]

i bought the clothesline from your description and didn’t get to use it last year but this year whenever i went to use it it felt very week, haven’t actually gotten it in the water yet but it doesn’t feel like it’ll pull a single decoy back let alone 5, any suggestions?

[@KainOutdoors]

Sorry I dont have any suggestions other than to try a new one. I replace mine every year. That one worked for me but eventually stopped working. The first one I bought from Home Depot was really strong also. It didnt last any longer however. There is just no good water proof one that I have found. Some guys have siad they had luck with a retractable dog leash.

[@chadbrown4235]

Back before Budwieser turned gay, they should have done "A Real Man of Genuis" commercial on you!

[@Robert-su7wv]

Great setup!!

[@vincenigro9434]

Creative design! Thanks for sharing.

[@KainOutdoors]

Thank you.

[@anonymous_friend]

So in this setup do you use an anchor or weight on the spreader? Thanks for showing us this.

[@KainOutdoors]

No the spreader hangs under the decoys and the conduit is the anchor for the reel.

[@stephenhendrickson4456]

@@KainOutdoors can you explain the leader connection a little more from the reel to the spreader? You book the drop loop clip to the outside decoy, but where do you hook the very end with the loop and also where do you hook the carabiner from the clothes reel to the spreader? Thanks!

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

Nice job.

[@austinedwards9889]

Very impressive 👏

[@MiddleAgedMisfit]

I didn't know Rain Wilson was into duck hunting!

[@Laughinghawg]

This is AWESOME!

[@hollyolson21]

AWESOME VIDEO, THANK YOU!

[@johnbautiste]

Man, this is genius but that reel linked to on Amazon is really weak. Couldnt pull my decoys back across in a lazy river. Might need to find a stronger reel. Am looking at using an air hose reel.

[@KainOutdoors]

That sounds like a good solution. The best retractor i have found so far is the homedepot one. I cut off about 10 feet of line and it seems a little stronger. Let us know if you find something better

[@BrockLowell]

Your the man great give away you could been a millionaire!

[@pearljameric]

Amazing. I'm subscribing can't wait to see what else you come up with. Make it electric 😜

[@KainOutdoors]

I cant use electric decoys but thank you

[@12390erock]

"make cool shit, put it on the internet" - AvE

[@edwfd356]

Black dye the white cord it’s like 2.99 at the craft store

[@KainOutdoors]

Sounds worth trying. Thanks for the idea.

[@evanwindom3265]

Tried it. I think the cord has enough synthetic in it that it doesn't take the dye well. I used a really dark green, but the finished product is only about 1/3 as dark as it should be given the strength of dye I used. (I used about twice as much dye per unit of water.) I think I'm going to use #36 bank line for mine.

[@evanwindom3265]

I bought one of the Idiomum retractors from the Amazon link. I haven't tried it in water yet, but the pull seems super anemic to me. I'll be really surprised if it is sufficient to drag a spreader full of decoys through the water. Once I get a chance to test it, I'll post an update. I hope I'm proven wrong.

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

well? I bought one and the retractor seems pretty weak to recoil with 5 decoys and the spreader. How did it work for you? seems a weed could snag on a decoy or cord and stop the recoil pretty easily.

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors1136]

Big dog!! Awesome idea!! I ordered all the items off your Amazon links. I do have a question? What was the original clothes line reel you used. The reel off Amazon is junk. The spring is very weak and very loose when it returns back into the housing. Thank you sir

[@KainOutdoors]

The one I got from Home Depot worked great. www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-40-ft-Retractable-Clothesline-72917/206094320

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors1136]

@@KainOutdoors thank you sir

[@evanwindom3265]

I concur. I bought the Amazon reel, and it's WEAK. I might be able to use it to move a small string of teals around, but that's it. I'll post an update once I have a chance to test it.

[@karilp17]

That's awesome. ☺

[@nicklausmisiti5204]

I tried to do this but my pvc filled with water and sank to bottom. Is this normal? Was I in too shallow of water?

[@KainOutdoors]

What part did you make out of PVC? I dont have PVC in this setup.

[@nicklausmisiti5204]

@@KainOutdoors i dont know if its pvc exactly. I used that plastic electric conduit. I think you uses it also. Im taking about the cross that folds and holds the decoys

[@KainOutdoors]

@@nicklausmisiti5204 Ah mine is made from fiberglass tent rods. You can buy one premade amzn.to/3U4t74s. No way it could pull down 5 decoys.

[@nicklausmisiti5204]

@@KainOutdoors gotcha that was the only thing that was unclear in the video. That clears it up. Thx and great idea. Any ideas on automating this? I hate holding the jerk rig while hunting and calling

[@Medictrapper]

I know what I am doing tomorrow now

[@organizm420]

absolute pro

[@michaelsmith2865]

Awesome design! BUT!!!! All you late season Yankee Feather Dusters need to overnight this rig in a heated area, or ……..😳😂😂😂

[@365hunt4]

Yea

[@dakotadezelske8261]

The sad thing is a big company will take this now and sell it fpr $200+

[@GeneralPatton31]

All you need to do is come up with a motor that reels in 10 feet then back out

[@bobbyfrullaney8014]

explain how the decoys are not in a single file in the video

[@KainOutdoors]

I use a decoy spreader rig. I mention it in the video and there is a link in the description.

[@loweoutdoors7125]

Little akward but great info

[@adamhiday9822]

Yep, patent this and sell it

[@charlesmichael1927]

I don't think it matters if you leave the white cord on the reel.

[@stefanomaniscalchi4983]

no bad but they swim too fast to look real

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

you can control how fast the decoys swim.

[@williambrown856]

Probably your first time duck hunting. If it’s so difficult to get across the string, why not just pick up the string and go under it?