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Monday, December 28, 2015

Singapore Fishing Trip Fort Road Jetty: Squid's Night | FishingAdvNHF

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Fort Road Jetty is another fishing spot at East Coast of Singapore that I used to frequent and the place always never let me down. That night me with the gang went for another night surf casting fishing trip which ended up with some surprises.

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We reached the Fort Road Jetty at around 11pm and the tide was receding. We took our time to prepare our gears, my friend KC even brought his coffee maker there and made some nice coffee for us.

Cast net was brought to catch some fresh bait. Colin went on the first round and as soon as I done my set up I joined him for the hunt. Nothing significant was caught by the cast net, can't get any Tamban aka Greenbacks.

When Colin was exhausted by the 10 feet Braided Cast Net, I took over and started to walk around the Jetty to search for bait fishes. The results were disappointed until I spotted a dark shadow appearing on the surface, it was a good size Squid aka Greeneyes! I quickly retrieved the net but it submerge back into the deep before I can react.

I patiently waited at around that corner and after around 20 minutes it resurfaced. I was all ready for it and without much hesitation my 10 feet braided cast net flew out like a pan cake which covered all the exit path. I saw the Squid being covered inside the net, although excited but I kept my calm and let the cast net gradually sank to the bottom. I slowly drag the cast net back but I couldn't feel any movement, I thought I had missed it until the net was pulled up to the Jetty.

It was a fat juicy 5 inches long Squid! It is also one of the best bait for fishing. I continued the hunt and two more Squids were caught, although smaller in size but I was equally excited and through out the night I placed all my attention on cast net, my fishing rod was left at one corner until we called it a day due to raining.

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Singapore Fishing Trip St John's Island Part 4: Big Game's Night | FishingAdvNHF

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As the night falls we began to cast out the freshly caught bait fishes into the deep using our heavy gear set-up, it is time for some serious fishing. The darkness gave the monster predators a good cover when they began their hunt and so do we.

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The jetty is equip with two powerful spotlight which brighten up the whole area at night, this bright white light beam draws more species nearby. Squids are often spotted on the surface and anglers always standby with a long pole scoop net to catch them. The Bigfin Reef Squid aka Greeneyes can be found here too, it is quite fun if you using a squid lure to hook them. We continued on gathering the bait fishes and I switch my target to aim for the Squids with my cast net. The Japanese style cast net that I have was not suitable for catching the squid, they are just too fast and my net is too slow to wrap them up. In the end, none was caught. A few table sizes fishes swam pass but I was too slow to react, on the later attempts I did catch some Selar(Yellow Scad) and Tamban(Greenbacks).

It was closed to midnight and Colin had the first sign of the night. The clicker on his Daiwa Sealine 30SH was triggered and it alarmed everyone to rush forward. At the end, it was just a false alarm.

While I was away to make some coffee, Colin got the real bite and the fishing line was being stripped off in lightning pace. He fought for around 10 minutes and the fish was landed. Although Colin was disappointed on the catch but the fish gave him a hell of the fight, it is a Super Catfish that weigh seven kilogram!

Next in line was KC, he managed to hook up a two kilogram Trevally. I returned to some action after the coffee break, only to have my fishing line entangled with a huge chunk of Sea Weed.

I did have a real strike but I was too careless and it escaped. The struggle was not very strong and I took it for granted. When I slowly retrieving the fishing line, it caught with a huge bunch of sea weed. Fed up with the situation I forgotten there was a fish on the other end and I let loose the fishing line hoping to get it off from the sea weed. The fish seized the opportunity to make some struggle and broke free.

Disappointed with my own performance I stayed awake throughout the night when everyone else headed to their La La Land. Silent throughout the night and sea weed was everywhere. I hung on and I witnessed the beautiful Sunrise at St.John's Island.

We took our shower here and had a wonderful breakfast before boarding the ferry home. St.John's Island is always so charming in every aspect, whether you are here for fishing or taking a break from the hectic city live. I will see you soon...

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Singapore Fishing Trip St John's Island Part 3: Bait Fish and Cast Net | FishingAdvNHF

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The sea water gradually became clearer as the tide retreated, more and more Selar(Yellow Scad) were hooked up. We decided to pause the luring activities and focused on gathering the bait fishes. At this time as many as ten anglers were squeezing onto this small platform and everyone was excited on the catch.

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The floating jetty is always surrounded by small fishes, namely Tamban(Greenbacks) and Selar(Yellow Scad). On that day we didn't see any Tamban(Greenbacks), all were Selar(Yellow Scad). My friends used a small six footer rod and the Sabiki rig to jig for them while I took out my six footer cast net to do the easy way.

The Lucky Fish Finder played a big part in locating the bait fish but after several attempts none was caught on the cast net. You must be thinking that my net casting skill is bad and probably my net wasn't spread fully. You see, the depth here is around five to nine meter, although fishes were detected but most of them were hidden at the bottom. I was quite reluctant to let my cast net sank all the way down, I was afraid that my cast net might reduce to a shorter length if I do so.

The original size of this cast net was seven feet when I bought it. On one fishing trip at St.John's Island here I had this cast net snagged onto the reef at the bottom. I managed to force it out but a part of it remained at the sea bed of St.John's Island and that is why it was reduced to around six feet. That cast net was reborn after a few sleepless night which I re-sew the pocket and added a steel chain as weight.

Fortunately Colin is a skillful and patience fisherman, he contributed most of the bait fishes caught by using the jigging style. Around evening time we began to prepare our light gears for some light fishing. Apollo rig with hook size 0/2 was used, we were hoping to land something which is table size and it might just in time for dinner, it is also a form of warming up before the night falls.

Night falls on part 4 as we began some serious big game fishing, Colin had some action and..... Stay tuned for the upcoming part 4!

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Singapore Fishing Trip St. John's Island Part 2: The Light Fishing Before Dark | FishingAdvNHF

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As we arrived at St.John's Island we quickly settled ourselves and as soon as the floating jetty was cleared, we were ready for some action. The rain eventually stopped but the aftermath of this rain was disastrous, rain water flushing out from the island turned the surrounding water into milk tea like color.

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As usual we stationed at the floating jetty here, other than the shelter, this is the only spot that can do bottom fishing without loosing your sinkers and fishing line. The deeper water here is also another reason why we choose here, it is confirmed later with my Lucky Fish Finder that the deepest part is around 20 meter.

We started something light by using the Sabiki Hook set to gather some live bait fishes and we also toying with some lures. I never was a fan of luring but once in the blue moon I do force myself to spend sometimes trying out. My friends hung on around the floating jetty but I decided other wise.

I went around the area to try my luck and I walked up to the water breaker on the far left side of the jetty only to find out that it was surrounded by sea weed. Determined to prove that I could catch a fish by using the lure I continued to the right side, this is an area which is quite shallow during low tide. It is also right beside an abandoned wooden jetty but after an hour of trying I gave up and decided to return to the jetty.

I brought along the Lucky Fish Finder that I bought for boating with my Intex Seahawk II inflatable boat, I wanted to find out the depth of the water here. The Loomis & Franklin 10 footer was used and the transducer or the sonar was attached onto the fishing line. With the help of the Lucky Fish Finder I found out that the area on the right side of the jetty is around nine meter and the center front is fourteen meter.

The gadget was used on the side of he jetty and it shown tons of bait fishes underneath, it was proven by my friends and other anglers as they hooked up quite a number of Selar(Yellow Scad) with the Sabiki set. I had bring my shorter cast net here and I decided to go for the easier and faster way to catch the bait fishes.

Next on Part 3, my six footer cast net was drawn out and I began hunting for bait fishes. Stay tuned for the next episode.

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Singapore Fishing trip St. John's Island Part 1: The Journey To St.John's Island | FishingAdvNHF

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Most of the Southern Islands within the Singapore water are restricted to public, some are being occupied by rich giant oil company and some are used by government military force for training purposes. St John's Island is one of those that's open to public and I have been fishing there since 2008, numerous fishes were caught and a few exciting encounter which almost stripped naked my friend's spool.

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My friend organized a fishing trip to St. John's Island and I was invited, it was a long overdue fishing trip for me as I turned down a few invitation to the island. We set off at around 2pm via ferry from Marina South Pier to St.John's Island, a round ticket cost $18 this day. The journey is less than half an hour and at around 3pm we arrived the destination.

St. John's Island is always a fascinating spot for fishing, the depth here ranges from 30 meter to the deepest part at 50 meter. On this formally Quarantine Station for Cholera patients back in the early 19th Century and Leprosy patients in the 1930's. Not many activities can be done here except to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Visitors mostly take the morning ferry and return to the main land in the afternoon. It is a great place to relax and unwind, somewhere to get you out from the hectic city life momentarily.

To many anglers, St. John's Island is the paradise and a great fishing ground that has potential of getting your fishing gears a real test. The possibility of hooking up a big fish is very high and you might get the fight of your lifetime here. We encountered twice where a "One Way Ticket" almost made my friend's spool empty.

It was drizzling when we arrived, we quickly moved our gears to the long sheltered corridor and settle ourselves down. It was Saturday and many visitors were alighting and boarding the ferry, our usual playground, the floating jetty was off limit for us. We waited till the ferry left then we started some light jigging on bait fishes.

In part 2 we begin our activities on light fishing, luring and gathering the live baits. Stay tuned for the part 2!

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Singapore Fishing Trip: Stingray caught at Punggol End Night Fishing | FishingAdvNHF

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It was a warm night and I was sitting in my living room watching some YouTube fishing videos from my 40" Sony LCD TV which's connected to a computer, as my flat don't have a store room all my fishing gears have to be placed at here in the living room, I had made a DIY fishing rod rack to hold all my fishing rods and there's a few cabinets for my accessories and a five level storage rack for my other stuff. They are all kept at the far right corner of the flat and are just beside the TV set.

I got bored as there was nothing interesting at YouTube, I shifted my focus away from the screen and I saw my rod rack, the 18 years old Loomis & Franklin 10 footer surf casting rod was standing there and the rod tip was trembling, as if there was something over at the other end of the fishing line was nipping my bait...

"HOLD-ON!!"

I was still sitting on my PELLO rocking chair which I bought from IKEA and I wasn't at any beach or jetty, what's wrong with me? Hmm... maybe I should just go for some fishing now since I'm not working tomorrow.

At 9:45pm I was ready to go, packed with two rods, the old timer Loomis & Franklin of course and the formerly PIONEER 13 footer surf casting rod. The PIONEER was given a complete makeover from a 7 guides spinning reel rod to a 12 guides multiplier reel rod, the reel seat was not installed as I bought two reel coaster for adjustable reel seat position, most of the time it was placed at the low rider position. Everything was ready except for one very important element, the bait! Although I had kept some baits in the freezer but I wasn't really keen on using them as the expiring date was long overdued!

I used to buy prawns or fishes from the supermarket to use as bait, but ever since I bought my 12 footer braided casting net I no longer needed to visit the store. Whenever I needed bait for fishing I went to the jetty or pier which is frequent by small bait fishes, species like Tamban(Herring) and Mullets, with the cast net most of the time I got what I needed. Not far away from my home there is a jetty, I headed straight to that jetty and after a few cast I caught around 30 pieces of Tambans(Herring), now my ammunition were ready for the assault at the Punggol End.

It was 11:30pm there were quite many people still here at the Punggol End, ever since the government gave this place a new face-lift and turning it into a modern looking full facilities recreation park, it is populated by people from all over the country especially on the weekend and it was given a new name too, Punggol Promenade. A stretch of new shop houses were built here and it was called Punggol Settlement. Many new seafood restaurants were opened here and it reminded you the old glorious days of the 80's where seafood was the main reason for people to come here.

I chose the far right corner of the park which is right before the canal that separated Conney Island from Punggol End, reason for choosing this place was it is just under 100 meter distance away from the canal mouth which I could easily cast my bait on to there, there is a beach right in front of where I was and if a big fish was hooked up I could go down to the beach to land it, the canal mouth is also the channel that sea water flow during the high and low tide, fishes will be entering the canal follow this channel and exit via it too.

I set up two rods using two different method of rigging, on the Loomis & Franklin it was rigged with a DIY float system which I make use of the cough medicine plastic bottle as float, this DIY float can be filled up with sea water and depending on how heavy tackle you are using, weigh can be increased or reduced base on the water level inside. I used a three feet 80 lb monofilemant line for the hook line, this was to target the surface predator fishes like Barramundi aka Kim Bak Loh aka Siakap, the Tamban is one of the favorite food for it especially a live one, I had to settle for a dead one as I didn't prepare the air pump to keep them alive. On the PIONEER 13 footer it was paired with the Abu Garcia 6600 C4 which I had modified it with a MonoMag breaking system and a CT cage open frame, The PIONEER was rigged with the standard long snood bottom feeder, a longer four feet 80 lb monofilemant hook line was tied near to the sinker (weight), this method would leave the bait further away from the leader line, greater chances that fishes will not see the leader line when they are taking the bait. Shy species like Stingray will never take your bait if they spotted or felt the leader line, some anglers went a step further by using Fluorocarbon fishing line which is the so called Invisible Leader Line.

I used a DIY grid sinker on the PIONEER 13 footer and it was cast straight out from the spot, the Loomis & Franklin was cast over to the canal mouth which was on my right hand side. The tide was coming in and the current brought the float into the canal, drag tension of the Surecatch spinning reel which I paired with the Loomis & Franklin was loosen to almost none, this allowed the current to pull the float into the canal though I needed to reel back some lines after the float went too deep, but in this way the bait had covered most part of the canal mouth and increased the chances of getting spotted by fishes.

While waiting for the bite I went around with my cast net and caught a few small fishes, they were hooked on as bait immediately as the local breed is always the best bait. High tide tonight was at 2:35am at 2.8m with half moon and it should be a good day for fishing, current was not very strong but I guessed it would pick up some pace when the tide raised towards it's peak.

At around 1:30am the rod tip of the Loomis & Franklin dipped a few times, it was not a strong pulled and it was intermittent. I went near to the rod and monitored the action, it continued to pull gently for about two minutes and it stopped. This should be a small fish I thought and I didn't want to waste more time waiting, I lifted up the rod slowly and tighten the drag tension, reeled in some line to get the fishing line tighten and then by holding firm on the spool I lifted the rod tip up further, immediately I felt some jerk from the rod and Yes! it was hooked. Without further delay I pulled the rod upward with some force and velocity to set the hook deeper, as I retrieved the lines it was like almost zero resistance, some light struggle suggesting that not only this fish was small but it was not a aggressive type of fish. What fish was that? might be a Ah Seng aka Catfish aka Ikan Duri, they are everywhere here at Punggol End and they are not really a fighter fish. Here I am referring to the small catfish which is weak when hooked up, it is not the case if this species grown more than one kg. Some times back I was fishing inside the Yishun Army Camp, I had a shock to see my rod tip bent violently and the fishing lines stripped off, it was a 2.5 kg catfish that took my bait and I can assure you that the thrill was almost the same level as you hooked up a Stingray. When this fish which I presumed as a small catfish was lifted up from the sea, to my surprised it was a Stingray, a baby though. Well, it was better than nothing I told myself and after unhooking the baby stingray, it was released back to where it from for it to grow into a monster.

At around 3am the 13 footer had a hard struck but it stopped when I reached to the rod, I waited for it to strike again patiently but it never happened. After 5 minutes I decided to test out if the fish was hooked just as the baby stingray did, the step was repeated as I lifted up the rod with some fishing lines retrieved to get some tension, slowly I brought the rod upward hoping to get the jerk or pull from the other end, I was quite excited and nervous as judging from that struck, it could be something huge and aggressive, could it be the Mama of that baby stingray? It appeared that my dream catch was not going to happen tonight, nothing could be felt and the bait was still attached on to the hook when I reeled it back, half of the bait was gone though. What a missed!

For the next two hours the two fishing rods remained unchallenged and as I was getting tired and hungry, I packed up and called it a day.

Many biggies were caught here at Punggol end in the past, it used to be a hot bed for Barramundi and most of them were 3kg and above. In recent year the rate of landing one of this is getting slimmer, the construction of the dam could be the main culprit. Having said that occasionally anglers did catch some nice species from this fascinating place, I shall be returning soon to hunt the biggies, till then see you, Punggol End.

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Intex Seahawk II Inflatable Boat Unpack and Set-up | FishingAdvNHF

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Few years back I was fishing with friends at Punggol, while waiting for the bites we saw a small boat heading towards the Coney Island, which's right opposite of where we were. We watched them docked their boat at the beach and fished on the Coney Island. At that moment we were thinking that how nice it would be if we had a small boat that could bring us there. I even suggested to get some plastic barrels or big piece of Styrofoam and tied them together to ferry us across.

The idea of getting a boat was not materialized, here in Singapore you are required to have a Power Pleasure Craft Driving License (PPCDL) to drive a boat which have motorized device on it, be it petrol or electric. And the wild idea of having barrels or Styrofoam tying together was abandoned as the current at the canal is quite strong.

One day while browsing the Chinese online store AliExpress.com I came across this inflatable raft and was hooked on it, I decided to get one of this for fishing. I spent almost two months reading reviews and watching videos on YouTube to find out which brand and model is best for me, I also needed to consider on the price tag as I was on a tight budget. Various online stores were visited and eventually I found the cheapest seller on Taobao.com, another Chinese online store, but the problem was that they didn't offer international shipping. Coincidentally I heard of my elder sister was coming to visit my parent in Malaysia and she worked in Beijing, China. I made some calls and she agreed to help me brought back the raft and the rest was history.

I anxiously waited for almost three weeks and when I picked up my sister at the Singapore Changi Airport I finally saw it, it was wrapped nicely with layers of plastic sheets and it was heavier than I expected. My sister complained to me on how difficult it was to bring it here and I felt bad as I told her that the package was not bulky and heavy. After sending my sister across the border to my parent's home in Pontian, I returned to Singapore with full of excitement and was eager to unwrap my new toy.

I carefully unwrapped the package with a penknife as it was wrapped with thick plastic sheets with strong scotch tapes all over it, no damages were spotted as the carton was well protected by the three pairs of Life Jackets, the seller cleverly placed them at the three sides of the carton and the remaining side was stuffed with lot's of bubble wrap. There you are, the Intex Seahawk II Inflatable Raft which I purchased from the Chinese online store and the three pairs of cheap Life Vest were given as a freebies.

When I opened up the carton there was a huge carrying bag which stored the raft, I didn't know the package included the bag and I was thinking of making one. I lifted the bag out from the carton and unzipped the bag, the accessories were bagged separately into thick plastic bag, first item I took out was the hand pump, then a pair of aluminium oars, two set of inflatable seats and two rubber pouches, a Menu was found too with the soft plastic pressure gauge ruler inside and lastly the Seahawk II inflatable raft.

I lifted out the raft with the help of my daughter and we laid the raft on the floor to check for defects, It turned out to be perfect and the next step was to inflate the raft up to find out if there was any air leakage.

The Intex Seahawk II come with three separate air chambers, one on the each side of the tube and another one is the floor base. The main air chamber (the tube) is using the Boston Valve whereby the floor base is using a normal air valve. There was no indication on how much air pressure could be inputted, according to the Menu it said using the soft plastic pressure gauge ruler to measure the printed marking on the raft, do not over inflate by exceeding the mark. I did some research at some website and many said it depends on the weather and temperature, as in hot summer day the raft should not inflate to it's fullest, on the other hand during cold season or night it can be inflated to it's hardest. Anyway for now my intention was to test for air leakage so it didn't really matter.

The Intex company has marketed this raft is capable of fitting in three people and the advertisement has shown a family of three enjoying the raft on a lake, my verdict was this raft is just nice for two adults of my size for fishing. On the inner side of the tube there is some fine print saying the maximum weight it can carry is 200kg, which is also just nice for two 70kg adults and some fishing equipment. So if you are lucky enough to hook up a fish that is 70kg during the fishing trip with this raft you might need to call for help. : P

I took out the hand pump and started to inflate the raft, it was quite easy at the initial stage but after the air chamber no.1 was done, I could feel the sourness on my arms and back, my legs were tired too. I regretted for not getting the Electric Air Pump which cost $30, saw on a YouTube clip someone using the Electric pump to get the raft fully inflated in minutes with no sweat and Yes, I was sweating like a cow for your info.

Me and my daughter took turn to struggle with the hand pump for almost 25 minutes and we finally got it done. The Seahwak II looks solid and spacious, the inflatable flooring is so comfortable and the inflatable cushion seats are nice as well.

The Intex Seahawk II Inflatable Raft was left at the corner of my living hall for the next 5 days and it only leaked slightly, the testing and inspection was completed with perfect score and a week later I brought it to the Desaru beach at Johor, West Malaysia for the first real test on the sea.

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Singapore Fishing Trip: Night Fishing at Woodlands Waterfront Jetty | FishingAdvNHF

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Was out for fishing cum net casting at the Woodlands Waterfront Jetty which was restricted to public access previously, when the news of it opening to the public many anglers including myself went there to try our luck. I had been there fishing for a couples of times and so far nothing significant was caught. But I always went home without empty basket as the place is a favorite playground for Mullets, Greenbacks and many more small bait fishes, and I always went there with my cast net to get the fresh live bait for fishing.

The long wide jetty

When I reached there I walked around along side the jetty and looked on to the surface of the sea, sometimes big barramundi aka Kim Bak Lor aka Siakap could be spotted near the jetty. I did a few attempts to catch them using my cast net but it's either I was too slow or they were too quick. After the recce done I started to cast my net out and landed only a few pieces of Greenbacks aka Tamban. Maybe it's still early I told myself and continued the hunt.
It was quite unusual for the night as I didn't see many ripples or bubbles around the sea surface, let alone splashes. it was almost dead silent and I could only managed to catch ten Greenbacks with the net.

View from the front

The Eatery

I walked all the way to the rear section of the jetty with the aim to get more bait fishes, bad idea as none was caught and just as I was about to walk further, a strong gust of wind out from nowhere blew on to the jetty, soon after that the sea became choppy and the temperature dropped, it was a disaster to do the net casting as the wind would mess up my net and causing my net to landed awkwardly into the sea, it was almost impossible to spread out the casting net.

The wind brought along huge rain cloud which covered the whole sky above the jetty, it seem like it was going to rain soon and I wasn't ready to get myself drenched, I hurried back to the center of the jetty where the Malay Eatery is situated, it would offer some shelter if the rain came.

The rain never came and the sky gradually cleared up, the wind was getting weaker and eventually stopped. It was around 5:30am in the morning and I wasn't ready to go home, setting up my fishing rod with the Greenbacks that I caught as bait, I cast it into the sea and hoping to hook up a fish on the first light of the day. While waiting for the Greenbacks to be taken I continued on the net casting, had a surprised catch of three small prawns and a few more Greenbacks. The trip ended as one of the worst catch on net casting and my fishing rod was never tested either.

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DIY Fishing Rod Guides Wrapping Jig | FishingAdvNHF

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A DIY project that I had made in 2009, the Fishing Rod Building Jig or Fishing Rod Guide Wrapping Jig. Back then whenever my rod guide broken I needed to send it to the tackle shop for repair which is a distance away from where I lived. Most of the time it also took quite a while to repair and I was forced to stay dry (no fishing) during the wait. Besides the long wait, the repairing cost of the rod guide is quite expensive too, I once broke the rod tip and it cost me $50 to had it replaced.

Broken guide

I decided to do some researches on how to repair the fishing rod guide on my own. When I realized that it isn't that difficult to do it I began to practice on one of my fishing rod which suffered broken rod guide. Very soon after I found out that the wrapping work was quite a tedious job and I figured that a fishing rod guide wrapping jig might be helpful, it would also make the wrapping job faster.

Commercial Jig

Pro DIY Jig

Complicated DIY Jig

Again more studies and researches was made, the ridiculous price tag for a commercial rod building jig forced me to start another DIY project, which was the Fishing Rod Guide Wrapping Jig. I went through the junk collection of mine and came out with a prototype of this fishing rod guide wrapping jig. It was made from a pair of Shower Sprinkler holders, a small AC fan motor and some other miscellaneous items.

Shower Sprinkle Holder

Small AC Fan Motor

Push Button Control Switch

The Prototype

After some test on the prototype I began to build the jig using some plywood, the end result was satisfying and I managed to increase the wrapping speed by ten fold! I started to proceed onto the next project as soon as I done the repair.

Groove was cut

Fan Motor Mounted

Rubber Band as Belt

The First Model of Completed Jig

A Pioneer thirteen footer surf casting fishing rod was bought some time ago during the sales promotion at this tackle shop, it was a impulsive purchase and it was meant for the spinning reel. The rod was under utilized as most of the time I would prefer my old pal, the Loomis & Franklin, another reason was I began to fall in love with the multiplier reel. When I received my newly acquired toy, the Abu Garcia 6600 C4, which is a multiplier reel, I tried pairing it with the Pioneer thirteen footer, the result was bad. I couldn't really cast far and I spent most of the time clearing the "Bird Nest" on the Abu during fishing.

Abu Garcia 6600 C4 with Upgraded Mono Mag and CT Cage

The thought of buying a new fishing rod couldn't materialize as I was out of budget after buying the Abu. After some thought I decided to convert the Pioneer fishing rod to suit for multiplier reel. I had read about some anglers converting it and it's workable. So the new project began, I downloaded the data sheet for rod guide placement from a famous UK Rod Builder and I had learnt on how to determine the backbone of the blank. The Pioneer was striped naked and new coating of paintwork was given. But as I started the rod guide wrapping, another issues surfaced. I found that the jig that I had made was limited to the smaller size rod, it couldn't fit in the thick long surf casting rod like the Pioneer.

I had to halt the Pioneer rebuilding project and switching to yet another project, the Upgrading of the Fishing Rod Guide Wrapping Jig. The old jig was given a complete makeover and my daughter's old stroller was dismantled. (When I found it covering with dust in the store room) It's wheels were made into good use, three wheels were grouped to form as the blank holder, the top wheel was fitted with a arm made out of wood, it was then fitted with a small spring to give some strength for it to claim down the blank. The AC fan motor had a speed controller added, with that speed controller I could set the pace according to my need, it was extremely helpful on the Epoxy drying process too.

The Stroller's Wheels with Wooden Arms

Constructing the Jig Table

Added Speed Control

Three Wheels Clamp

The Blank

New Position New Wrapping

It was Converted from a Spinning Reel Rod

Almost Complete

And there you have it! The new fishing rod guide wrapping jig was born, as you can see in the video, it spun smoothly and silently, which also gave me an advantage to work into the late night. I continued on the Pioneer rebuilding and two weeks later the Pioneer was reborn!

On the 10th of October 2009 the All New Thirteen Footer Surf Casting Fishing Rod which paired with the Abu Garcia 6600 C4 made it's debut at the Air Papan Beach, Malaysia, since then the rod roamed together with me until today.