[pct-l] Fishing

[Hillary Schwirtlich]

On the UL fishing kit, when I was a kid I remember a lot of the locals in
Mexico wrapping fishing line around a soda bottle. Just another idea.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> You need the UL fishing kit. Take a Tic-tac box and put some fishing
> line and hooks inside. When you want to fish, attach the hook to the
> line and put some bait on it. When you reel in the fish, do so by
> wrapping the line around the box. My friend Lenny used this on his
> PCT hike and actually caught a few fish. He writes:
> "I set up my tarp
> caught four fish
> with my hand line
> let one go
> gutted and cleaned
> they cooked over a fire."
>
> There are some fancier tic-tac fishing kits online, but this simple
> method works.
>
> Diane
>
> On Apr 20, 2011, at 5:27 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fishing
> > To: Timothy Nye <timpnye at gmail.com>
> > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Message-ID: <BANLkTim6uZ0ygjT0TadCnGfM4rOgOADppg at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > No, haha, i wasn't planning on resupplying solely with fish....
> > just thought
> > that getting some food from the source (ie fishing) would add to
> > the whole
> > experience.
> >
> > Thanks for the input guys!
> >
> > Start the hike in 14 days.....yeee haw
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Tony
>
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