The steps to making a good wooden fish hook....
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The steps to making a good wooden fish hook....
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the first thing you do is split out the hook shafts from a bent grained chunk of wood with a knot in it.
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and This...
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then you pin or peg two thorns togather and lash tightly with cordage and melted pine resin.
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and..
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The finished product is a good hook...
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And if a knot doesnt have the diameter and curve that you need just find a tree BURL, and you will be able to spilt off what you need. Some times seperating the wood with pressure is better than wedge splitting(For long slender curves that have sharp bends). its easy to do so dont be afraid to try it.
Here is a book that explaines how to make fish hooks much like the ones that I make. spliting off of Burls is an alternative to the STEAM BENT WOOD hook described in his book. (Ramond Mears)THE WILDERNESS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK
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Nice posts and pics.
Thanks erunkiswldrnssurvival for this idea :)
You really nailed primitive fishing. I haven't yet got anywhere close to something that good looking. Did you use sinew on the bindings of the hook?
Yes the Highest quality binding is sinue, my second choice would be Stinging Nettle, the third would be Indian hemp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jericho117
I am curious if you have caught anything with hooks such as these, I have made similar ones before in practice but have never succeeded in catching anything with them. They always seem too large to me.
I do catch fish with this type of hook, what I use is a Grape Vine pole (30')Quote:
Originally Posted by tacmedic
At the tips of the "pole" I retain a few leaves so that the hook , bait and a couple leaves , all togather promotes fish strikes.If fish can see the hook, they are less likely to strike. so adequit bait and something else to distract them.
And also to add, for small fish the materials change. instead of thorns I would switch to bone splinters. if they are too small to tie or lash, these would have to be pressed into a live honey sucle twig and in a year or so ,the bone would be securely moored into the wood ready to use.
so theres lots of options. there are a lot of things like that are available for use , and only comunity lifestyle can support some of the practices.
Some of the Burl Growing practices involved Introducing ants to the tree (Poplar) And they would Sting the Red oaks, Black Willow,and Hophornbeam with sea enemimies.(And the stung tree would form a Burl).And there are many other things that they did to manipulate groth to provide what they wanted.
This is a pic of some fish bones that would make exelent fish hooks, The ribs can be lashed, resin coated, then broken down to a small size, a feasable means of obtaining a small hook when you need it.
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Thanks! Really good info.
Here is a fishing spear that I made awhile back. I use the same methods to make these also...
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really well laid out thread, pictures and explanation
This was a good post!
Nice thread, very nice pictures and techniques.
Like the fish spear. Great posts and pics. Keep it up, I am learning where I messed up things like that when I was a youngster.
Nicely done. Never thought of the spear.
Nice work. If looks has anything to do with function, the spear is outstanding.
the spear looks amazing. the way it is constructed really looks like it would be efficient at spearing fish.
Thanks. It is efficient how the tines turn back toward the center shaft, when you stab a fish , the tines spread and dig in to the fish.holding it firmly in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonester
weapons like this are light weight but are extreemly effective for grabbing onto fish.
The Inuit (elders) still use a very similar fish spear head today, mostly made of caribou antlers/bones and sinew.
Good one erunkiswldrnssurvival
Love the spear.
The spear is really interesting. I looks as though if you use too much force to spear the fish that you may have difficulty removing it because of the barbs. Is it?
The barbs want to hold tight, to release you would spread them open.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
No good fish Yarn goes without a catch, so here is a couple,
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Nice post, erunkis. Thanks for doing it in small steps for those of us who are not familiar with this.
For thorns, we have hawthorn bushes scattered here and there. The thorns are naturally quite sharp and strong.
What do you use in your area?
Hawthorn is an exelent material to use, thanks for adding that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulrush
Out standing Work on the hook, Great pics to. What kind of thorns did you use?
mears himself recommends hawthorn. i'm partial to rose aswell.
Hawthorn is what I favor. But the hook featured here is Pine Knot and Bass Wood Thorns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Runs With Beer
I found this site on primitive hooks. check it out..
http:www.woodcraftwanderings.org/fishing.html
I should also add...
http://www.150.si.edu/siarch/handbook/fish.htm
Very good post. Nice work!!
This is another type of survival spear, it is split off of a larger branch. by aiming along the Back side, the splinter sharp point finds its target. (water deflects and the angled spear head corrects it
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