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I would have rather got the plastic but they were not available so I sold 2 sets of traps to buy the only ones they had available at the time.If you still have them try to pull sideways opposite of the line guide. Have you ever seen a horizontal spool with a fixed line guide...I never have and their service is horrible!
The line guide/bait keeper should free spin with the spool ...having it fixed would present a huge problem . It could cause unnecessary tension on the line should a fish grab it and run 180 deg opposite of guide/bait keeper...may cause the fish to drop the bait . It could be an easy fix or redesign.
Just out of curiosity how are the spools secured? Threaded shaft and nut or some other way?
There is a long shaft that goes through the entire tip-up and is the flag shaft as well so when the spool turns it turns the flag/fish. Cant see how the spool is attached to the wire shaft, no nut and no weld.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/R9sLJFGGwNUn1wQB6. So I put the tipup on a box and threaded the line through the side of the box to imitate being on the ice to show that our new and improved tipups work just fine. Check out the video and photos.⁹ I faced the line guide away from the direction the line was being pulled and the flag tripped just fine, it moved in the hole a little bit but being in the water and will make that substantial less. Like I told Mr McCauley to make specific things happen like the flag that spins there is a give and take to make that happen, for instance, the rail traps get covered by 6"of snow but the work ultra smooth, tipnspin are a little jerky but you can see if you have a fish on up to a hundred yds away, its just physics.
They are not $80. They are $40.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/R9sLJFGGwNUn1wQB6. So I put the tipup on a box and threaded the line through the side of the box to imitate being on the ice to show that our new and improved tipups work just fine. Check out the video and photos.⁹ I faced the line guide away from the direction the line was being pulled and the flag tripped just fine, it moved in the hole a little bit but being in the water and will make that substantial less. Like I told Mr McCauley to make specific things happen like the flag that spins there is a give and take to make that happen, for instance, the rail traps get covered by 6"of snow but the work ultra smooth, tipnspin are a little jerky but you can see if you have a fish on up to a hundred yds away, its justFirst off please get my name right...Cauley. Second did you see how jerky that is. Third the video DOES NOT show the line being pulled opposite of the line guide. Fourth there were 4 other people who watched what I said happens actually happen. Please do noy insinuate that I am not telling the truth, I was just trying to help a small guy who is a sponsor here and spend more then I ever have before. Lastly we have to be a lot closer to tip-ups here than 300 feet so that is a moot point. You offered NOTHING to reslove the problem with these and now others have had the same problems as I have!