Homemade fishing gaff

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gohyuheng
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Homemade fishing gaff

Post by gohyuheng »

Thought I'd share my process of making it :p

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Got this aluminum hangers from a Home Depot shop. Each rod has 2 blunt hooks, one small one large. Bought a total of 3. The one on the left already has had some sharpening done.

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Workbench clamp + metal file! Each hanger took about 45 minutes to be fully sharpened.

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3 rods finally sharpened!
Hammered the smaller blunt hooks on the top, added some cable ties. Tied a swivel to attach weight!

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Final product!
Old floats to cover sharp hooks :p

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Saved myself some bucks and quite satisfying to make your own equipment!
I wanna catch a big fish~~~~

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Haven't had it tested but I'll be sure to real soon with a biggie ;)
I wanna catch a big fish~~~~

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Re: Homemade fishing gaff

Post by Peace »

That's pretty innovative work there, and that's a lot of patience you have to file those hangers. :cool: I hope you get to try it soon, good luck!

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