Build A Compact Fishing Kit

If you have ever been somewhere and found yourself wishing you had a way to fish, one solution is to build a compact fishing kit that can be stored in your vehicle and will take up very little room.  For this project you will need a sharp knife, scissors, two sports drink bottles,  an expired credit/debit/gift card, super glue and of course hooks, fishing line and sinkers.

The video below shows the process to build a compact fishing kit.



The steps involved are quite simple.
  • Cut the tops off of both bottles just underneath the rim that sticks out below the cap and ring.
  • Cut the ring off one of the bottle tops.
  • Trace around one of the tops onto the old gift/credit/debit card.
  • Cut a circle out of the card following the line that was traced.
  • Glue both bottle tops to the plastic circle that was cut from the card (one on each side)
  • Place hooks in one side and replace the cap.
  • Place sinkers in the opposite side and replace the cap. (Placing the sinkers in the side that the ring was removed from in step two works out best.)
  • Wrap fishing line around the open space where the ring was removed.  (Wrap the line in a clockwise direction.)
  • Attach a sinker to the end of the fishing line, remove the cap and place the sinker and the end of the line inside.
  • Screw the cap back on. (The sinker on the end of the line will prevent the fishing line from escaping and unraveling.)
  • Your compact fishing kit is complete.

Please feel free to leave your questions and remarks in the comments section below.

- Any day in the outdoors is a good day

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