MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
I've had the plastic spools for 2+ seasons now and I like them - no problems.My wet fingers would sometime freeze themselves to the metal spools on some others I've had.The only thing I've heard about was that sometimes the spool stud pulls out of the wood upright.But that was for all types of Heritage Laker.Just be careful how you dry them after fishing - don't keep em by the woodstove.JeBa I make my own but i also re do herritage tipups with stained and poly oak for eternal use i do however like the plastic reels better they never squeek they seem to be quieter and smoother also herritage tipups reels also fall of very easy this is also something i alter ive fished out many spools out of the hole fish have pulled them off to the wood swells and the spools are not bolted all the way thru they are punched in.
Or...you could simply get some Jack Traps and avoid having to make all the usual Laker mods and just fish them out of the box.
My homade tipups are better than Jacktraps.
that maybe so, but i will continue to faze out my haritage's to help support a local maine bussiness and buy new jack traps
For what you pay for these things, I would expect the craftmanship to be so that all you would have to do would be to occasionally lube these things. All this talk about wood swelling , bolts popping out, reels falling off, finishing them with poly, etc. seems like a pain in the arse given the top $ you spend on them...Just my $.02
That's what the label says all the heritage traps.............
Thats what ive been trying to say ive perfected tipups and they are availible.
I received some new Heritage Lakers for Xmas, and have used them twice. Both times I had an issue with one of them not tripping. I check my tipups every half hour or so. When I went to this one, I could see the reel spinning, but the wire arm had not moved enough to trip the flag. Not sure how to fix that. Bend the wire I guess. Any suggestions? The rest of them have worked fine.
One problem with the black plastic is visibility in low light. I used white nail polish and painted hash marks on the spool so you could see it turn in dark water.