Tying your own bobber stops on a straw(pics)

[StinkyH]

Slow night so I decided to take some pics of how to tie your own bobber stops on a straw...

The materials you'll need... scotch tape, kwikfish stretchy string, scissors and some small diameter straws...


Take a piece of tape and make one wrap around the end of the straw. This will secure the line at this end to make wrapping the line easier.



Lay the dacron line onto the tape and wrap the tape around the straw once securing the line against the straw...



Tie your Uni knot around the straw...



I made 7 wraps - 5 wraps might be easier to dress on your mainline when you put this stopper knot onto it...



Release the end being held by the tape wrap and then pull both ends gently to snug the knot against the straw and then slide the knot to the end of the straw and cut off your straw in approximately 3/4" to 1" length. Cut your dacron line to about 1" long tags.



Start again on the same straw for your next bobber stop and so on...

Instead of buying a box of 500 straws I just snagged about 10 or so from a restaraunt. Shhh! 8^)

StinkyH

[ 02-09-2004, 09:43 PM: Message edited by: StinkyH ]

[Taildragger]

Right on SH! I had always wondered how to do that.Thanks for taking the time to show us!

[corkyking]

Nicely done! Thanks. :smile:

[Slade]

Thanks for the display.

[lorch]

Thanks for the tip. Why didnt I think of tape. I have never wanted to buy those and was quite a fumble finger before.

[fishchaser]

Thank You Now I don't have to go buy anymore bobber stops. I knew how to do it, but couldn't remember. You refreshed my memory. [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

[Birdnest]

Nice post Stinky. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Redbull]

You Rock! Thanks for sharing.

Bobber stops - no problem!
Latest developments in nanotechnology - no problem!
Figuring out where all the tax money goes while living in Multnomah County - no problem! (ya right Vera) [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img]
Conversational Swahili via correspondence course with Sally Struthers- no problem!


Figuring out how to do pictures with text like that on Ifish - problem!

[wife&3kids]

Don't those things cost like $2 for 5. Sounds like a lot of work to me... Just kidding -
I am definately going to try that. I always respect others who actually take the time to figure out how something is done be reverse engineering it.

Hope that thing aint patented

[corrirod]

That's a great post! Thanks for taking the time. It's posts like this that make Ifish a great place to visit. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[tag-a-long]

Very nice! Thanks for the pics. Makes more sense than directions in a book. Now I won't have to kick out the bucks for them anymore!

[StinkyH]

Right on! :smile: Glad this will come in use.

You'll be suprised at how quickly you'll bang out $10 worth of stoppers from your 25¢ in materials used.

StinkyH

[fishnbus]

Stinky - Great post and very helpful with the pics. :whazzup: What weight dacron is suggested for the stops? [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]

[Elwix]

Nice pictures, good info. Great post. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[StinkyH]

Originally posted by fishnbus:
Stinky - Great post and very helpful with the pics. :whazzup: What weight dacron is suggested for the stops? [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">I dunno the weight... but it's the spool you get by the kwikfish - "Kwikfish Stretchy Thread". Same stuff you use to wrap bait meat onto your kwikfish. Like $2 for a spool.

StinkyH

[lostpuppy]

Thanks for the info. This is why I joined Ifish. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Frequent_Flyer]

what an awesome post. Thank you

[PapaHog]

Great post. I like it. Thanks

[Freakwater]

magic tape, magic thread, magic post!

[Hauki]

This is a very nice tutorial. Maybe topics like this could be pulled out and placed in a separate How-To section?

Thanks, I appreciate the work that goes into a post like this.

[ANDYCOHO]

That is a great pictorial!!!

[high_arc]

[Fish_N_Russ]

Nices pics and info :smile: but why go to all that trouble for just a bobber stop ?

I use surgical tubing......cut yourself a little 1/16" ring (mini rubber band). Pass your line through it a few times , pull tight and your done. You end up with a little rubber knot that you can slide up and down your line. Also it passed through guides very smoothly also.

[ZaQ]

Good tech, thanks for sharing it!

[Wood N' Fish]

Wow! Thank's for sharing!!!!!

[DiveR]

SH
Thanks so much for the demo
Things like this are why I love ifish
Glad you didn't white out the background so I wouldn't know which table you were making them on :grin:
Bernie

[BUGLEMAN]

When in a pinchin the field you can even use mono.

[Big TULE]

You can also find the thread in the sewing department... we use it for sturgeon also... it tightens onto itself...

[Pickles]

As far as the stretchy thread is concerned, stay away from buying it in the tackle section. You can purchase the identical stuff in a fabric/craft store or the sewing section at Walmart for around 79 cents. This is less then half of what you pay for it in the tackle department.

[Raven1]

Yet another money saving tip thanks to iFish. Way to go

[TightLines]

I knew it had to easier than my method. Thanks for the great tip. This is what it's all about.

[skookummark]

Great job! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Something to do while waiting for the rivers to come back into shape. Thanks for taking the time and sharing.

-Mark

[Lund]

There is a faster way to tie a bobber knot as well. You can even rig your entire setup and do it last. It is the same nail knot as the one used with a straw. It will eliminate ever buying or making straws forever. My picture is poor, but with a brief description you'll throw away your straws.

Desc. use 80lb tuff or equiv. make a 12-18" piece of tutline(stoper material). Lay it next to your mainline and make a loop as shown below. take the tufline and make 6-8 loops or passes through the hole. grab each end of the tuffline and pull it tight as you prefer. it looks as if it will make a knot in your line, but it does not. It will take a few times of trial and error, and it works better for the first time if you use mono as your main line until you get it down.

With this method you'll never have to pre-tie those things again. Just tie it on whenever you need it.

[ 02-07-2004, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: lund ]

[Bob Barthlow]

StinkyH great tech. report, well done!

[First Bite]

Nice post StinkyH. Pictures are great too.

Mark

[Steelerdan]

Very nice post StinkyH. Thank you

[West Linn Wader]

Great post on making these Stinky. Now can someone describe (or illustrate) how these things work? I have never used one have always wondered how they work.

GS/WLW

[silver bullet on my line]

Great post. Thanx!

[glassblower]

Why bother, I carry dacron line and tie the stop right to my line. Fast and simple.

[Rawbd]

I agree with the 97% to have them pre tied is a time saver especially in the colder elements.Thnx for the how to.

[Ed Fast]

Originally Posted by West Linn Wader

Great post on making these Stinky. Now can someone describe (or illustrate) how these things work? I have never used one have always wondered how they work.

GS/WLW

wow, Georgie!!

how times have changed.

Ed

[tapalong]

Great instructions and pics I can know make my own—thanks.

[Crzy Hansen]

Great post Stinky!

[SpinGlo68]

nice....i dont know but i dont cut the straw at all...i just tie the knots along the straw..8-10 knots on one straw works too...'s

[Bonneville Dan]

Originally Posted by SpinGlo68

nice....i dont know but i dont cut the straw at all...i just tie the knots along the straw..8-10 knots on one straw works too...'s

Same here. Also, lots of different string material will work, even wax-coated stuff.

What I discovered a few years ago (before I bought a large package of bobber stops on the cheap) is that a thin pair of needlenose pliers with a rubber band around the handles (reminiscient of college days many many years ago :>) hangs onto the loose end of the string and provides an easy way to pull it through after wrapping. I didn't think of the loose wrap technique as StinkyH used - great idea.

Unrelated: Does StinkyH's avatar read "FERAL" or "FECAL?" Consistency with the "stinky" theme, or just a bad font?

[c-dub]

Try 20# fly-line backing. Its the schnizzel!