"Brent" wrote in message
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On Dec 11, 6:44 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
"Leon Fisk" wrote

Somebody made a sling-shot, weight and string rig too.
Nowadays someone would probably freak out and call the
police if they saw you with a sling-shot...

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Leon Fisk

Electricians in the convention industry in Las Vegas use sling shots with
a
Zebco reel taped on to shoot a nut carrying fishing line. They then pull
a
rope that pulls their cables through the bar joists that support the
ceiling. Been doing it for quite a while.

Steve

I saw the greenlee cablecaster and as a kid i had a little fishing rod
called a pocket fisherman. It was a closed face reel and about 18
inches long overall with a little peice of rod

I am CURSING MYSELF for having lost it in the changes of houses
because casting a nut or sinker with it would have been so nice. I
never attached much faith in it as fishing equipment since i always
used open bail reels from the age of about 8 onwards and it seemed
like a gimmick or something to put in a suitcase I suddenly wish it
was in my toolbox.

Brent
Ottawa Canada

I got some 18" ice fishing poles and reels for Christmas last year. They
are the bail type reels and not pushbutton type. But, I bet you could get a
pushbutton one, and I do know they make short poles ala Snoopy Fishing Poles
for kids.

STeve