Red Hardy Thing

[Elton]

Posted on behalf of Steve. Please add all replies to this thread:

 

I have 2 red, 4"/10mm, wood, weighted things with 2 rings that say Hardy, Alnwick, England on them. What are they?

 

Any ideas? Thank you

 

[azrael]

a japanese punk?

[Dick Dastardly]

a japanese punk?

 

Very good!

[ayjay]

Some kind of spinning or trolling vane, or maybe a *neutral buoyancy*? floating device?

[Phone]

Steve,

 

Have to "see" them to have much more than a guess. I'd bet they have to do with flyfishing. My knee jerk is that they are fly line to leader cast connectors (?) (certainly a guess).

 

My guess really doesn't make sense if they are four inches long and with a 10mm wooden - ball that is really odd (?). Maybe the sea guys have a guess. Re-reading the dimensions and looking at the picture I've surely read the size wrong. Others ???? help me out.

 

How about "bite indicators"(?). Fluff chuckers have a lot of really weird stuff. I'd think "fluff chucking" for a guess.

 

Phone

[PeterNE1]

'Otters'!, as in a device that is used to assist with freeing snagged lures!

[Phone]

Peter,

 

Is that a guess? If not, how does it work? I've seen plastic discs and lead weights for that purpose.

 

Phone

I guess it could be an English joke which leaves me clueless?

[Worms]

'Otters'!, as in a device that is used to assist with freeing snagged lures!

I was going to say the same.....I was just worried people wouldn't take me seriously!

[Phone]

If youse guys are pulling my leg - - it's working. How does it work?

 

Phone

[Worms]

If youse guys are pulling my leg - - it's working. How does it work?

 

Phone

The idea Phone, is that the otter is a device that you clip to your line if you get snagged. It used to be used a lot with silk lines, both fly and general braided spinning lines due to the cost of the line.

 

With the otter clipped on you release it into the water (with a separate line attached to it just in case the line does break and then you can retrieve your otter!) and it gets carried by the current . You can adjust speed and the direction slightly by use of the extra line and the idea is to get a belly in the fishing line with the otter downstream of the snag to try and put pressure on from a different angle. Obviously you often have to let reel line out as well. Some are weighted, others are not. I've seen canvas ones, wooden ones and metal cone types. I've used plastic bags as a type of otter in the past!

Edited February 11, 2012 by Worms