Home projects during Shelter-in-Place

My new SIP hobby 

Added soda can tab for better fish attraction 

WTG, Sonny! Those look great!

I collect and hoard them the way you collect reels!

Damn, I thought I had a tube problem!

My new SIP hobby 

Added soda can tab for better fish attraction 

Hey Sonny, those look great!
Have you pulled them thru water? Do they have the wiggle and flash???

My new SIP hobby 

Added soda can tab for better fish attraction 

Hey Sonny, those look great!
Have you pulled them thru water? Do they have the wiggle and flash???

Have not try them yet.  Just something to do while SIP.  Will post pictures when I caught a fish.  Don't hold your breath.     

Other than recoving from some injuries and helping the kids do their school work online. I started pouring some lead again. They turn out really nice. 3oz and 4oz shad head jigs

Other than recoving from some injuries and helping the kids do their school work online. I started pouring some lead again. They turn out really nice. 3oz and 4oz shad head jigs

Nice SIP project.  Are you going to powder coat and paint them later?

Nice SIP project.  Are you going to powder coat and paint them later?
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I hadn't planned on painting them. But i did dip a handful in a jar of glow powder coat my buddy gave me. I will being pouring more soon. Right now i have about 20

Got busy and lazy but finally got the dome mortared on top of the fire bricks. Ceramic blanket insulation coming in by UPS Tuesday. Wrap it in it and chicken wire then another coat of vermiculite/cement mix and I should be able to fire it up.  Ready in a week or by 4th of July💥 ☺️

Got busy and lazy but finally got the dome mortared on top of the fire bricks. Ceramic blanket insulation coming in by UPS Tuesday. Wrap it in it and chicken wire then another coat of vermiculite/cement mix and I should be able to fire it up.  Ready in a week or by 4th of July💥 ☺️

Are you going to build a door for it?

Got busy and lazy but finally got the dome mortared on top of the fire bricks. Ceramic blanket insulation coming in by UPS Tuesday. Wrap it in it and chicken wire then another coat of vermiculite/cement mix and I should be able to fire it up.  Ready in a week or by 4th of July💥 ☺️

Are you going to build a door for it?

Probably Sonny. Just a sheet metal with a handle I can slide in and out quickly.

I will try to render the dome more symmetrical on the outside for the last layer. The inside is a nice 3/4 circle though. ☺️

While SIP, I had been experimenting with making trolling flies. I created a diy alternative to the wiggle action disc in the form of a wiggle tube, that you'd tie a fly into or stick a fluke onto. First fly I made on one is a wiggle zonker.

Here's a vid of how to make a wiggle tube.


So far they've been successful with trout and Kokanee.

Finishing up a set of wheels to get me to those hard to get places.

I have launched this 12.5 valco at the surf at a few different locations to fish near shore ocean.

Let me know if you need help with the launch