OC by @Korhaka@sopuli.xyz

Made this handline a little while ago, I would like to tidy it up but the wood is split a bit so I would probably make a new one rather than touch this one up. Likely let the wood dry too quickly but it wasn’t in the best condition when I found it anyway.

There is a grove cut in that the line wraps around, although there is so much line that the grove could probably be a bit deeper. Normal fishing line, then the string wrapped around and tied in a clove hitch to help hold the fishing line together. The end has a swivel attached so I can then clip on the hook and weight, it creates a weak point so that if it gets stuck the weak point will break first and leads to much less fishing line left in the water. Although don’t really like the idea of leaving any fishing line so the V2 will use all natural string/cordage, may even go for a stone as a weight. Metal hooks do rust away quickly in sea water but a wooden hook is tempting, it only needs to hold the bait on the line so pushing a toggle through the bait could be an option. Crabs don’t get hooked, they just hold onto the bait.

When putting bait in it quickly got the attention of 2 spider crabs who decided to fight over the bait for a while before they went for the bait, if I had a larger net I could probably have scooped them up there and then but I wasn’t expecting to catch something so large. Only expected shore crabs.

Should probably go again, didn’t have a large enough tub to take him home for dinner.