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How to Make a Fish Hook in the Wild
Being able to make your own fishhook in the wild is an important survival skill. Not only can you catch your own...
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How to Make Fishing Hooks Barbless
Many fishermen believe that using a barbless hook will help reduce trauma and mortality during catch-and-release fishing. You may also need to...
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How to Make a Bottom Fishing Rig With Multiple Hooks
The multiple-hook bottom rigs present the bait to fish at several points above the bottom. The bait is presented to fish as...
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How to Make Stinger Hooks
Occasionally, when fishing, the fish may be finicky and strike only the tail of your lure or bait when retrieving or trolling....
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How to Make Wire Fishing Leaders
Wire fishing leaders are used when fishing for several species of fish, including barracuda, mackerel, blue fish and sharks whose extremely sharp...
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How to Make Wire Fish Sculptures
Fish are fun and they can be even more fun if you fashion them out of wire. Since their bodies are streamlined...
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How to Make Saltwater Bottom Fishing Rigs
Surf fishing is one way to introduce young anglers to the sport of saltwater fishing. Various rigs are used by saltwater anglers...
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How to Extract a Fish Hook From Skin
You spent hours getting to a secret spot. Peering around a branch, you see a big one swimming to the surface. Envisioning...
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Fish Hook Removal Techniques
Even careful anglers can make a mistake and hook themselves in the arm, hand or other part of the body with a...
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Ice Fishing Live Bait: Spikes
Spikes, or maggots, are lures that emit a strong oder, which can be quite useful for attracting perch. Learn more about spikes...
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How to Make a Fish Hook Necklace
Making your own stylish jewelry does not require a lot of money for fancy supplies or a lot of expertise. With a...
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How to Make Bone Fishhooks
Our ancestors had no choice but to make fishhooks out of whatever they could find. Animal bones seemed to be their main...
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How to Make Your Own Fishing Hooks
Fish hooks are cheap and easy to find, but sometimes the most rewarding way to catch a fish is by starting from...
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How to Remove Rust From Fishing Hooks
Use vinegar to remove rust from fishhooks. Rust develops on fishhooks if they are left wet. If rust is left on fishhooks,...
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How to Tie a Hawaiian Fish Hook
Hawaiian fishhooks stem from ancient times on the islands. At the time, the hooks were made of bone or wood and carved...
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How to Choose Barb Fish
The name “barb” is derived from the scientific name barbus (“bearded” in Latin) a reference to the small barbells or “whiskers” often...
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How to Make Wooden Fishing Plugs
Wooden lures have been made for more than a century and successfully used for many types of fishing. Lures today are made...
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How to Make Barbed Wire Art
The words "barbed wire" bring to mind all sorts of uncomfortable associations--sharp and thorny, dangerous and prickly. The word "artistic" is not...
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How to Make Chisels From Railroad Spikes
Disused railroad track spikes make excellent chisels with a bit of modification. While it is a crime to collect old spikes along...
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How to Prevent Fishing Hooks from Snagging on the Bottom
One of the most common ways for anglers to snap their line and lose their lures and bait is getting their hooks...