Framerguy

Here are some of the leashes I made out of weedeater .095 diam. string. I found these really nifty rolls of velcro straps at either WalleyWorld or a local hardware store, I forget just where I picked them up. You get 50 of them for a couple of bucks and they are really a neat idea. I don't know if anyone has tried them yet but they work really great even on rod/reel combinations. They pull off the roll, have a slot so you can thread them back through the slot to make a loop for attachment to the leash and you simply wrap them around the item you want to tie in the kayak. There is loop material on one side and hook material on the other side and you wrap it around whatever you want to keep in your possession and over itself and it will hold quite well. I am going to put 5 or 6 on my crate, a few on cleats around the cargo areas of my 'yak, and also in the cockpit to hold my fishing pliers, knife, etc., and see how they hold up under the salt water treatment.



The photo above shows a roll of the straps, a single strap laid out showing the slot and the tapered end, and one attached to a leash. The photo below shows some that I boiled on the stove and 2 that I boiled in the microwave. It seemed to work just as well as the stove and didn't take as long to get the job done.



Here are the type that Pam was referring to except these are the old squiggly phone cords from days gone by!



These velcro loops are very strong and will hold about anythingattached tothe 'yak during a flipover. It doesn't take a piece of industrial strength velcro to hold a 2 lb. rod and reel, just one of these straps wrapped around the handle of the rod over itself and you are good to go. It has to be wrapped OVER itself and not simply wrapped around from tip to the end of the leash or it may just unroll in a flipover though. I wrapped one of these leashes onto a rigged up fishing rod and laid the tip of the rod down on the carpet. I then yoyo'ed the leash up and down and the velcro strap never came loose or even loosened up at all. They seem to be much stronger and hold much better than what one would need to keep a rod and reel attached to and overturned kayak as long as you use the overhand wrap to attach them to the object.

I experimented with using thin wall PVC tubing to wrap the string around for boiling and that worked only marginally. You had to be very careful taking the rig out of the boiling water to transfer it to the ice water, the PVC becomes very pliable when heated completely through! But it did work. I just had to use a light hand with the tongs when removingthe boiled string rigfrom the hot water.

I also tried .125 diam. string which worked great, I tried the string that had the fluted edges along its length (they say it cuts better than smooth string??), and it also worked well. The only thing I couldn't get to hold a good set, and it may have been because I only boiled it for 12 or 13 minutes, was that huge honkin' red poly string that Sears sells for people who own those string trimmers that use 4 or 5 of the 12" to 18" lengths oflarge diameter poly string that are cut individually from this roll. It is sort of twisted in a rotini shape and is almost 1/4" in diameter.

I guess there are limits to how large you can make these things. But that's how one learns, eh??

captken

I never thought of using the coil and Velcro together. Awesome!

Right now, I am working on the Kayak book so I'll play with Velcro with the lanyard.

I have a few pool noodle gizmos for yaks that I want to get right before using them.

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captken

I forgot to add thisin the original post.

When I needed a line on my old Sea Hornet for wreck shooting, I added a 12' coil to my slide ring and attached the other end toa shocker which was attached to the eye on the front of my gun gun. My shafts were always at least a foot longer than the barrel of my gun so the coil slid easily on the shaft. Rigged this way, there was no tangling and reloading was a snap. The shaft shot right thru the coil. I can't prove it but I'd bet there was less resistance with the coiled mono so the spear got there sooner with more retained energy.

I sold my last spear gun a couple of years ago so I can't furnish a photo. If anybody needs clarification, I will make one of my infamous drawings. Heck, I'll try to do it with MS DRAW.

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ladyfisher101

Wow!

littledavid

Really cool tip. It looks easy too. I need a couple of really strong safety lanyards and these should do the trick.

Questions: How strong is large weedeater string? Is it as easy to coil as regular monifilament? Where can I get large mono without buying a 3# spool?

There must be a thousand tips on this forum and you have written dozens of the best.

Thank you Capt.

Davy

captken

Kinda hard to believe that this tip has had darn near 6000 reads. I've probably made several hundred of these things for me and for friends. I sold a few for a while and lots of my clients took one or more home with them when they left the boat

I haven't looked but I'll bet there aren't many tips on this site that have had more reads. Kinda cool.

This tip should show up in book # 3.

I'm compiling a bunch of short stories right now. It is a real B!+(# to try to proof read your own stuff and I am having a really tough time right now.

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N-Reel-Trouble

I've been wanting to do this since you posted it, just never went out and got the mono to do it! What size sleeves did you use for the weedeater string? I've got a ton of .095 orange string, I'll just use that!

captken

Wish I could help with leader sleeve size but weedeater string comes in lots of sizes too. Just take a piece of the string to the tackle store..

By the way, there are several options for what to do on the ends of the lanyard. Simple loops work fine. I've used 300# snap swivels lots of times. Somebody showed a Velcro strap in a reply to this post. I made one. Thank you whoever. maybe I ought to add your name. I'll have to go back.

Snap your pliers onto a short coiled lanyard then snap to your belt. You won't lose pliers.

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captken

I was in ACE Hardware in Homosassa today and found tiny cable sleeves that will work fine with the heaviest Weedeater String. You can buy them one at a time. Take a spool of weed eater string over to the fastener department and get the correct size sleeve for it.

This sure beats having to buy a package of leader sleeves for 5 bucks and only use a couple of them. If you are like me, You will use 2 out of a package then forget where you put the package. Then, one more trip to the hardware store.

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