homemade drift chute

I am accustomed to fishing the Central Coast area where there often seems to be too much wind to get a good drift.  I bought a commercial drift chute last year but couldn't find it before going out a couple weeks ago so I came up with a $1 solution.  I took a typical reusable shopping bag that is made out of plastic material similar to a tarp and cut a hole in the bottom of the bag about 4" in diameter.  I then cut a 5' piece or rope and tied one end to one of the bag handles and the other to the remaining bag handle.  I tied another 5' lead rope to the rope attached to the handles, attached it to the anchor trolley and presto, a $1 drift chute.

Drop it in the water and as the line tightens the bag will fill with water.  The drag created by the resistance of water flowing out the 4" hole on the bottom of the bag acts as a bit of a parachute and significantly slows the drift. 

I don't have any photos of it but I think you can figure it out from the directions here.  You could certainly experiment with different size bags and cut holes of varying sizes in the bottom too if you wanted to take it further. 

Feel free to plagiarize as you see fit and happy fishing. 

It didn't happen.

It didn't happen.

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what do you guys mean it didn't happen ?

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This happened:
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=57480.msg652174#msg652174

Ikea bag (58 cents at the time, $1 rope at Dollar Store).  Used it again today.

It is truly just a bag with a hole cut in the bottom to allow water to flow. A rope tied to the handles attaches it to the boat. I can take a picture if you'd like but it really is as simple as I've explained.

too hard to believe