I purchased the ABS with rubber over mold handle not a bad little handline reel I first put on some 6 lb test it casted ok had a couple casting ridges took line off used 400 grit sandpaper smoothed it out put 6 lb on it wow what a caster all most a far as one of my spinning reels still can't do as far as the baitcasters but it's set up for bluegill fishing anytime I find a creek, drainage ditch, or pond if I'm on a exercise walk . Nice little rig for $10 bucks yes I recommend it fully I fish almost every day with rod & reel.
G'Day from Australia, I recall watching your handline fishing video called "Fishing with my Survival Kit" quite a few years ago. I enjoyed it very much and it lead me to a period of uncomplicated handline fishing before I went back to fly fishing. I think I might need to de-gear again and have a spell of handline fishing. I like those handcasters that you are producing and would like to buy one. Thanks for posting your videos and Cheers, Steve.
ha ha. loved this video. those are so freaking cool. I'm planning on going fishing on my backpacking trip in a wilderness area in the Rockies in about 8 days
How would it be if you wound your line onto a good quality toilet roll holder and mounted the toilet roll holder into that handle thingy? Wouldn't you get a better cast?
It would work, just be bulky. I used to just use a short stick I cut from a tree wrapped with line. I carved it into a little club and would use it to dispatch big fish after pulling them in.
Hey Mikhail, How's it going my friend? I couldn't find the hand-lines on the site. If ya send me an invoice, I will def. get one. You know me, I want every piece of Merkware I can!! Hope all is well with the family and hope the baby is doing awesome!!! Talk to ya soon my friend. Scott
Not sure yet about the floating. Still working on manufacturing options. Yes, Troy is using a Streamlines. I used to sell them for Jack. He's passed the torch to me so to speak and is no longer making them. I used to modify his streamlines for my purposes so I've included those changes in the redesign.
I prefer 10lb mono. You'd be surprised by the size of fish you can catch if properly played. I'm working on a slightly larger setup that holds 20lb comfortably for ocean fishing.
@@MerkWares ive been using 6lb flourocarbon on my kabar backpack caster. I was thinking of upgrading to a synthetic one of these for the retrieval rate and flatter packing. Guess I'm gonna have to pull the trigger.
I'm loving my circle hooks, they just take a bit of learning. It is still hard for me not to set the hook. The trout are so small and light that I getting gut hooks because I'm not sure there is fish on the line.
We have a lot of pan fish where I frequent, I got tired of cutting the line when they swallow the hook. I got tired and tried longer shanks, same result. I discovered the circle hooks and they're the greatest.
I mainly use nightcrawlers cut in thirds but I'm not really going for anything bigger than sunnies or bluegills. I don't keep anything I catch unless I'm fishing at the highest point in the area. I really just do it for the fun of it. If I am good to the fish, they are good to me. Check your FB inbox later today please, I ordered a handline set but your site was acting screwy--- I'll explain more, but for now I didn't want to ping you at 5 am and wake you up inadvertently. Thanks Mikhail.
no worries, heading out on a hunt right now. I'll be around this afternoon. email me at mikhail at emberlit dot com. thanks for the heads up on the page. Eager to hear more.
WE just funded last night. So production on the molds is started. Probably looking at 6-8 weeks for deliver. Get on the kickstarter if you can to make sure you are part of the first batch.