[pics]My Home-made tip-up

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In both pics stick is upside down..............

and your base is not wide enough on your homemade stand. Should be at least double width of vertical section, as you will knock this ovr many times unitentionally.

"In both pics stick is upside down...."

Bingo, we have a winner!

Just to clarify for you James....the weight of the stand needs to be in the base, not in the riser as you have built.
---And I agree the stick is upside down.

This is turning into a very informative thread for not just James.
I sure others will benefit greatly from everyone's input on this topic.

Ps......the women's hair elastic is a great idea!!!!

one more, on base and riser put an eye bolt and pin in there so you can lock it when set upright without collapsing.

I'm going to try and find my set-ups and get a photo up for you

Thank you all agian.

And Longshank: yes, show me a pic if you have one;-)

Can't post pics.pm sent for you to go back and see set-ups

I might as well join in. Listen to the guys that are giving you their pointers, they are dead on.

One more point. You should be able to touch the back side and have it tip up and watch it slowly go back down if the balance is right. You may need to add a split shot on the line which is on the tip up and slide it back and forth until the balance is just right.

I always have mine slightly tipping down towards the hole at about 45 degree.

Very informative, Longshank is right in taking a picture and posting it. Easier said than done.

Enjoy your tip up.

"GTG"

These guys know there stuff and are dead on. Please listen to them. Especially the part about moving you need a fresh start. Balance is everything if you are going to catch whities with it. Still prefer catching them this way and always have one set up when indoors.

Hey James; Seems everyone is trying to build you the perfect tip up, agree with most ,the only major thing I do different is to fasten a snap swivel at the back to the side in a manner that it does'nt interfer with line handling....

When fishing where lakers or other monsters dwell whether it be Simcoe or Temagami, Always have a rod rigged near the hole for quick attachment, this rigging has saved my bacon in both lakes..let the tipup go if too strong and use the reel....it works for me ...

steelheader...What A Fantastic Tip!!!....Thanks for sharing that idea.

I will definitely be putting your idea to use myself.

Bob

SH---I'm puzzled how you can use a rod with that sort of tip-up. Any pix?

The snap is attached to the wood balance stick . If you get a big fish on and he's peeled all the line off the stick simply attach line and swivel from an ice rod to the stick . Fish will take stick and all down but your attached to it via your fishing rod . You can continue to fight and may avoid that awful twing twang if a big fish peels all your line off the stick . I've had that happen . Desperation sets in when the line comes to its end . Good tip SH .

Oh when that happens it's far better during all that excitement to wrap the line while handbombing it up for the first 20-30 feet or so to get some wraps around your head or neck.

that way , if it is a giant and starts to peel, you choke out and fish gone, but at least your're not cursing .......

for a while anyhow

Beside, not worth going thru all that and then getting fish to hole to see it won't fit through..enough already

Old post...

Just wondering how much it matters which way up the stick sits. Never thought about and used both ways.

Thanks for the tips:-)

Think the most important part that I am missing, is perhaps a lock at where the stick is resting on. I have to come up with something for it.

On a note, when I was, like two weeks ago off BP fishing in a rental hut, and with a tip-up I used which was provided by the hut rental operator (see below pic), I didn't see any locking "mechanism", either with the tip-up (in a sense perhaps if a fish all of sudden drags the line, the stick with the line could fall, and thus get down deep into the hole?:-)

This is the same design ive been using my entire life. Simple and effective. Don't go re-inventing the wheel.