Loading Dipsey Wire

[buckboardjr]

My firiend called telling me of problems loading wire so I built this tensioner out of a auto valvespring, washers and lag bolt. It worked well and had no prblems. My assistant was impressed.

[Mortigan]

That's sweet. I just loaded wire on a reel for the first time yesterday and it was a huge pain in butt by myself.

[BAZOOKAJOE]

Nice job UB!

[Big Dave]

Doesn't look to portable though Good idea !!! how bad does the car skip? Its always a stinker to get it on good and tight by yourself. That looks like it did the job..

[Neo1945]

Good invention!!!!!!!

[Richard]

The last time I spooled wire I just gave the spool to my son and told him to take a walk to the end and then I reeled him back in. Nothing like a 120 pound weight to get it back on tight and all is straight so no chance for kinks.

[buckboardjr]

My assistant AKA Skunky the cat is nice, but pretty much untrainable when it comes to 1st mate duties.

[Tim Bromund]

Very nice. That should do the job.

I've always just gotten it spooled as tight at I can in initially and then first trip out I'll head out over deep water put on a pound ball and let it all out behind the boat and reel it in tight with the pound ball.

Tim

[Mortigan]

I did the same yesterday, using a dipsy with the release set heavy. Made me a little nervous running 950 ft of wire out behind the boat on I Bay but there weren't many boats out.

[Neo1945]

What Is that a special rod tip ?

Do you have to remove your complete assembly from the post to mount a new spool of wire?

Thanks,

Don

[Richard]

That tip is called a twilly tip. http://www.fishusa.com/Twili-Tip-Wire-Line-Guide_p.html

It allows you to use wire line with most rods. Without it the wire would cut into the top eye.

[Neo1945]

thanks Richard!!

[buckboardjr]

Yes to removing the whole assy. How tight you screw the lagbolt in to the post against the spring, dictates the amount of drag tension it applies against your retrieve. I adjusted it till it felt about like pulling a dipsey in untripped.

[Fishtails]

Way to think outside the box

[irishbailey86]

twilly tips are the bees knees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol.....great for broken rod tips on trolling rods too....make that 9'6" a stiff 9' real qwik like!

[ray koziatek]

looks loke a bunch of spare parts laying in them hills.........

[Neo1945]

The picture of your twilly tip looks to be solid metal and not the "spring" that I seem to find online. ????

[GAMBLER]

twilly tips are the bees knees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you like a rod with a twillie tip, you should try a roller rod.