The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

For the life of me i cannot find a washing up bottle suitable for legering so i have made this swinger using a hairgrip norfolk reed and teasel

Very authentic!

David Pearce is making bamboo ones.

Nice!

Nicer than a washing up bottle top!

Very nice, Richard.

It's much classier than my standard indicator, which is based on the one in Peter Stone's Gravel Pit Angling book.

G. B.

I bodged together a pair of hangars from 2 film cannisters , and 2 plastic clothes pegs, they actually work pretty well, and if there is a bit of "tow" on the water or the wind is a problem, you can always put a few bits of lead shot or similar into the cannister to stablize them a fraction.
Not particularly "traditional" but they work well enough, and are a lot lighter than appearances would suggest.I suppose you could always replace the coloured pegs with a more traditionel wooden clip peg, and one of the older round cannisters, and do away with the sticky back plastic.





The cannisters have been wrapped with a bit of C....n effect tape , Iand have a reflective strip as well.I hope this doesnt offend .

OMR

PS, they replaced two bits of sycamore twigs that just hooked over the line, I was boiling up my Bessemers Converter or Kelly Kettle if you prefer, and ran out of fuel.

Great idea and well made! Now don't let the bite indication tease you into striking too early!

Its nice to look at fellow members swingers , simple but effecetive, mine were actually floats i messed up

Today I have managed to get my wife to borrow permanently some hair grips from the Mother in law, I am going to attempt to make a pair of "traditional" swingers, if there is such a thing ,from something or other kicking around in the man cave , as already said , something a bit different to the old fairy liquid caps.

OMR