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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => General Tips => Topic started by: Van_Cleaver on Jan 22, 2013, 10:12 PM
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Ever put down your hemostats in the heat of battle and then forget where, or just not be able to find them? I heated the handle portion of mine and dipped them in some powder paint, yellow chartreuse. Probably not the first to do it, but they do jump out at you now.
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I clamp mine right on my jacket or shirt
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I clamp mine on my jacket as well. However when you're jigging up fish, flags are flying etc., it is easy to unhook a fish and leave in on the ice if you get distracted.
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Hit a fly fishing shop, Cabelas, BPS, whatever and get a Pin On Retractor, ~$4. Handy and it's not going to be left anywhere. Lots of nice little gadgets for the ice in the fly fishing area
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I use a retractor hooked to a caribeaner along with a pair of nail clippers for cutting line and a bottle opener and I hook it on my bib overalls and it works great.
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I stick mine into the boot laces...
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i put a floaty thing on mine like the kind you put on your boat key ring it helps if they fall into the hole! ;D
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I tie about 2' of cord to mine then tie them to a belt loop or my pack basket.
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I got mad a threw mine the other day!!!!!! My friend thought it would be funny to put them real close to the heater and hand them to me with his gloves on. If the hole was bigger he would have been swimming. And he had the guts/##### to ask why I wont call and take him fishing again. Beer and some people don't mix.......
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I either clip them on my coat/shirt or on my hat. They can get a little annoying on your hat if they are a heavier pair, but by the same token you never forget where you put them.
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I am a surgical technologist so stats are free for me when they won't lock but i know how to fix them i lock then up on the lanyard i keep my clippers on
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Use a clip on retractor for mine, always there and handy.
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I almost lost mine but luckily I found them.
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Mine are on a lanyard along with a fingernail clipper, jig eye buster, plumb weight for setting slip bobbers, and a light for charging glow lures and jigs.
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I have a pair coiled to my shack, a pair in my bootlaces, another on my bucket boss, and usually another on my hood strings lol. But I'm a panfish guy so they come in really handy.
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hooked a big walleye and couldent get the hook out with the hemostats set them down and when i was just getting ready to get out of my shanty to throw it on the ice i kicked mine on accident and they went right down the hole
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taking gloves out of pocket hemostats right down the hole
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I keep mine clipped to my jacket or to the inside of my Fish Trap ceiling...
AW
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I keep mine clipped to my jacket or to the inside of my Fish Trap ceiling...
AW
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After I learned how to braid a lanyard for my duck and goose calls I braided up a pair for my wife and I out of yellow and black, and yellow and blaze orange para-cord. I keep my hemostat, clipper, and lure charging light on it. I did hers in a round braid and mine with a flat braid.
Duke
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I dip mine in red, blue or yellow plastic dip. I also do the gripping part so that they don't chip paint off my jigs.
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Mine get clipped on to the left upper pocket flap on my suit.
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x2 mine clipped to suit :icefish:
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I just bought multiple pairs and put them every where.
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i put a floaty thing on mine like the kind you put on your boat key ring it helps if they fall into the hole! ;D
Same here, I have more issues of them falling down the hole than being misplaced. Floaty is always a bright color in case they get dropped in the snow. The stats might sink in snow, but the floaty tends to keep them towards the surface for easy locating.
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I use a retractor that clips on bibs and then they are always right there and theres no way to loose them
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I don't know how many pairs I have lost with them coming unclipped from my jacket might have to go to the fly fishing section.to bad the fish don't come out of the holes as as easy as everything goes in them
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Some hemostats are pretty flimsy, whats your favorite brand ?
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Some hemostats are pretty flimsy, whats your favorite brand ?
The cheapest ones I can find on ebay in a lot of 6-12.
I clip mine to the pocket flap of my bibs. Easy to reach and they get clipped right back when done.
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As a rightie, I have my lightest pair of hemos on a retractor, which is clipped onto the left chest pocket's zipper fob. I then keep a magnet segment clip-attached to my left-side hood cord (micro-bungee material). It holds the business end of the tool. When I need the hemos, my right hand automatically reaches to what would be the position of my left lappel (if I had a suit on, that is), and there always finds the finger rings hanging there, without looking.
Here's the slick part: the tips or jaws of the steel hemos are held to the magnet WITHOUT any need to lock them, which means I DON'T HAVE TO UNLOCK THEM prior to use... its simple grab and go, with or without gloves. One less thing works, plus from time to time some item (say, a jig) that does fall into a harder to reach nook or cranny, or even drops down a hole; if ferric metal it can be recovered without too much time or trouble using the jig pole, magnet, and if needed of course, the fishing line. Sometimes recovering a favorite item is more fun than icing another fish, especially for a pal.
I don't know what exactly they are called, but a related locking surgical tool might be a tissue clamp. The tips are narrowly pointed and double curved out and then meet back together neatly to effectively form a loop, sort of like the jaws of say, an earwhig. This small tool comes in handy for lots of things, but acts as a mini boga-grip on the jaws of any fish... big, small, toothy, smooth, whatever. Allows minimal handling of wet and slippery fish, keeping hands, gloves warm, dry, and clean, with no transfer to rod handles, etc. if you need a perch eye, this'll serve well. Again, they just work.
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I put mine on my minnow bucket with a chain.... Because what's the first thing you grab when you get a flag
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I put mine on my minnow bucket with a chain.... Because what's the first thing you grab when you get a flag
I grab a gaff ;D
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I grab the tip-up.
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tooshay :bow:im not sure on the spelling im not french
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I have the rapala hemostats with the red rubberized handle grips. Tried to find them in the local stores but they are not anywhere. I have one pair left.
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I have a piece of nylon cord tied to mine and attached to me by a cheap carabiner.
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Ever put down your hemostats in the heat of battle and then forget where, or just not be able to find them? I heated the handle portion of mine and dipped them in some powder paint, yellow chartreuse. Probably not the first to do it, but they do jump out at you now.
I use a fly fishing retractor lanyard type thing. clip the lanyard to your coat and never lose your hemos again.
J-
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I picked up a heavy duty key ring retractor. clips to the bibs.
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Mine get clipped on upper pocket flap on my jacket. Also have couple inches of a red ribbon tied to the finger loop of the hemostat in case it drops into the snow.
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I get mine on Amazon Prime. I see them for about $2.50 a pair with free shipping. Losing them isn't the end of the world for me since they are basically free.
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I don't use them but I am sure a lot of People here in Colorado would have a fit if they lost them. Wouldn't be able to get that last little puff out of their Pot.
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They make retractors that I hook mine to and then hook to my coat or bibs and the always right there and when yer done you just let go and it retracts in
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I got mad a threw mine the other day!!!!!! My friend thought it would be funny to put them real close to the heater and hand them to me with his gloves on. If the hole was bigger he would have been swimming. And he had the guts/##### to ask why I wont call and take him fishing again. Beer and some people don't mix.......
Pull a "grumpy old men" trick & toss a fish under his seat. Be sure to lock your vehicle(s) if you do. I put some deer scent on a cotton swab a couple years ago & he still doesn't know it was me ;D :woot: :thumbsup:
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I have had the same pair of hemostats since 1990.
My hemo,s are actually called a needle holder; they look like normal hemo,s but behind the tips of the hemo,s is about 1" of scissors.
I got them from an animal hospital where I used to work in the late 80,s.
I have my hemo,s tied with about 3' of decoy/mason line tied to my bucket.
On soft water when I am in the boat, I have them tied to the neck of my water bottle.
Now flashlights, and caulk guns, That is another story.
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Mine are attached to a zinger so there is no way they can fall down the hole or i can loose them.
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Attached them with a lanyard to my suit, always there when you need them.
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Been fly fishing for a lot of years. The braided mason line is a quick finder ;D
Rg
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That's funny, I still have my original roach clip from the '70's. It's been re purposed ;)
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When you're done using them clip them onto your jacket.
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If you clamp them right on the end of your nose they're always in sight.
:tipup:
NBG
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nope. real men use their hands an able to extract hooks.
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Really like Cold Snap's Tooth Pick hook extractor. Easy on jig paint
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i have a nice little necklace with clips all around it that holds all my favorite tools; clippers, hemostats, ty-rite, etc. they're always at my fingertips, and they never get lost or tangled up in other gear. you can buy them at fly shops, but i made mine with some weed-whacker line, heat shrink tubing, a whole lotta glass beads, and some large snap swivels.
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I don't know what I've lost more of, hemostats or bottom weights. And I clip them both to my parka/bibs/shell. I just forget to clip them back on or let buddies use them and not get them back.
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I usually blow through a dozen or so a year. A lot of them I give away. Often I see parents and kids fishing off the docks at the launch and having no luck with bluegills. I usually set them up with some basic nymph flies and end up giving them a pair of hemos because the gills slam the flies and get hooked to deep for fingers. A few pairs get dropped over board.
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If I lost my hemos, I'd probably be more bummed about losing what was clipped in them...
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Around here hemo's are $2-$3, so I don't sweat it. If it happens, I consider it in the overall cost of fishing.
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I use a retractor hooked to a caribeaner along with a pair of nail clippers for cutting line and a bottle opener and I hook it on my bib overalls and it works great.
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Mine have red handles and I clip them to my coat.
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They are cheap, lose at will. ;D
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When I'm in the shanty I attach my hemostats, clippers and knot tying tools to elastic lanyards that you get at some casino's for keeping your players card on. I ask friends and relatives to get them for me when they go.
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Pin on retractor is the best and instead of hemostats pickup (in the fly shop) a pair of mitten grips. No finger and thumb hole so can be used with gloves on and "clamp" down the same as hemostats.
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