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DZ · 02-01-2007, 08:37 AM

Cowtamer - try not to over analyze needlefish.

Here's a story for you: Quite a few years back a guy published a story in The Fisherman magazine (New England Edition) about his homemade needlefish made out of "ball point pen" bodies. Some of you old timers may remember. He would take the ink cartridge out, make a hole in the body for a hook hanger thru-wire it then put on hooks and he was done. He touted it as a light tackle needlefish. Well, other than the photos in the story I never saw anyone using a "ball point needlefish" but there was no doubt in my mind that they would probably fool a striper from time to time.
There are times when stripers are highly selective and others when you can catch them with a strip of tee-shirt (did that once). Don't give them too much credit ... but don't sell them short.

DZ

02-01-2007, 08:37 AM	#10
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	Cowtamer - try not to over analyze needlefish. Here's a story for you: Quite a few years back a guy published a story in The Fisherman magazine (New England Edition) about his homemade needlefish made out of "ball point pen" bodies. Some of you old timers may remember. He would take the ink cartridge out, make a hole in the body for a hook hanger thru-wire it then put on hooks and he was done. He touted it as a light tackle needlefish. Well, other than the photos in the story I never saw anyone using a "ball point needlefish" but there was no doubt in my mind that they would probably fool a striper from time to time. There are times when stripers are highly selective and others when you can catch them with a strip of tee-shirt (did that once). Don't give them too much credit ... but don't sell them short. DZ
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