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Fishing Talk => Fishing Talk => : Latimeria November 10, 2026, 06:57:40 p

: Devising a trout rod "Sling"
: Latimeria November 10, 2026, 06:57:40 p
In between all the business trying to prepare for my Surgical Downtime (Pulling down X-Mas stuff from attic, yard work, prepping chairs since I'll be living on them for a bit) I decided to start to try and engineer a sling for my trout rod that would let me fight a fish and reel in without using my right arm.

I've come up with a few possible configurations, but that reeling in the handle on the wrong side (affectionately known as "Squatch-Handed" reel) is still a bit tough.  Only have a couple of more days to figure it out, but hope to have a working concept here by Thursday.

I'll post pictures when done.