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Ice Fishing Tip up Building

EclecticGuy January 15, 2010 diy, ice fishing, tutorial No Comments

I like to ice fish several time a year. I’d do it more if I had more time! Several years ago, I started ice fishing with my son’s Boy Scout Troop when they have there annual winter cabin camping trip in January. The camp has a beautiful lake loaded with fish. So, to cut costs, I designed and built a few tip-ups to use. Surprisingly, there is very little information on tip-up building on the web, so here is an article I wrote: Ice Fishing Tip-Up

Hopefully this will help some people get started. Please note, the end of … Continue Reading

The Eclectic Angler now launched!

EclecticGuy September 27, 2009 fly fishing, fly tying, history, ice fishing, line making, reel building, tenkara No Comments

Screen shot 2009-09-27 at 6.30.49 PMOver the last few years I have produced a number of fly fishing related items out of personal interest. Surprisingly, I get a fair number of inquiries to purchase these items – including tenkara flies, several other fly patterns, ice fishing tip-ups, hand-made brass fishing reels, horsehair fishing lines, Walton’s Engines (aka twisting or furling engines), and custom rods – all by … Continue Reading

Ice Fishing with the Boy Scouts

EclecticGuy January 20, 2009 Boy Scouts, ice fishing, nature 1 Comment

Every January, our Boy Scout troop heads up to NH (we’re based in MA) to cabin camp. Last weekend was this year’s trip. The cabin is on the waterfront of a large pond. Last year I taught a few boys how to ice fish – we cut the holes with a hatchet! This year I was armed with a hand auger, 3 tip-ups, a bucket of shiners and some other items.

It was an extremely cold weekend, it was down to below 0 on Friday night. On Saturday morning … Continue Reading