Washing Up Bottle Top

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Washing Up Bottle Top

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A bit before my time this one. I take it the method was running your line through the loop, and when you struck it just stayed on? :tea:
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... or you could un-clip it with the flick of a fingertip, Sir.
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....or try and untangle the twisted line and free the top from the rod eye before the line snaps.....

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If you want to give it a try, I made one some time back.....

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Through the loop, never had any problems although it's useful to remember that it's got to be attached above the lowest ring.

An additional benefit is that the hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face.
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I use them and not had problems. I usually clip it on under the ferrules.
If you want a bobbin that has less risk of getting caught up on the strike then the old dough bobbin indicator is good.
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I thought they were great when I was a kid, a shame i just can't get them anymore

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I used to put 1/2 p's in them to weight it down a bit if it was a windy day.
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Danny Boy wrote:I used to put 1/2 p's in them to weight it down a bit if it was a windy day.
I used shot held into the inside of the cap with blutack but a better method is the one suggested here by Penninelad: put a skewer vertically into the ground and have the loop around that.
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Before monkey climbers we used to use a tube of silver foil on the line with a straight rod in the ground at an angle and lined up with the butt ring. You then slid the foil ring down the metal rod and it would not blow about in the wind. The foil ring would then rise up the metal rod on a take or slide back of course if just using a ball of bread paste as bait and weight.

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