Being a retired guy with bad knees I’m always one the look out for a way to make things easier.Bad knees and running after my tip downs on ice was not working.By the time I would get there they would usually be gone.Not anymore.While visiting my daughter in Mississippi I stopped at a sporting goods store and found some Catch-O-Matic reels made by H&H LURE COMPANY.These are reels just about like hand line reels spring loaded and the size of a small fly fishing reel.I attaced them to my tip down base and ran the string to the end of the rod where I put a small eye screw to attach the snap swivel from the line on the reel.The reels have a little arm that the line goes threw.You pull enough line off the reel and set it.When your tip down rod goes down it sets of the reel which pulls it back up setting the hook, and since the reel is spring loaded it gives when the fish pulls on it, so the rod and reel work together.I bought 12 reels for 22 dollars and the web site is http://www.hhlure.com. The reels come with line and reflective tape on the sides. I’m not sure what they use them for down south but they work great for this appliction.Bill
February 2, 2012 at 11:49 pm
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