Very pretty sinkers. For those that don't have all this equipment: I find that it is a heck of a lot faster and easier to just wrap a stone in sewing thread. You can wrap in a metal loop if you want, but I just use a loop in the thread. I fish in an area where everyone loses loads of lead. Stones work great (humans have been using them since time immemorial), and cotton thread is certainly better to be leaving in the river than lead!

@keshlalish5586

Жыл бұрын

and with basic tool and a softer stone you can just make some cut on both side to make it more secure. stone sinker would also (i think) be less prone to get stuck between small cracks and small stones.

I used these with the Team Catfish weight slides to make a kzread.infoUgkxdmsDj7fQXe77DC0l7P7ua8B3PiESUubM Carolina rig and they were perfect for the ponds I fish. I have also used them to make 3 way rigs and these work perfectly. Haven't had any issues with them snagging in rocks or in weeds yet.

They need to do this in Hawaii. There is so much old lead weights all over the reefs.

Awesome idea. Instead of leaving lead at the bottoms of our lakes and streams.Well done and thanks for posting.

Great Idea, good video. Using stones you're not only saving money, you're very variable with the weight you need and you dont pollute the nature with lead.

Stones are 100% Less toxic than lead !!! Great Idea !

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

5 жыл бұрын

true, but they still hurt if you get hit on the head with one, I know lol

@quartermaster2809

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman lol

@theyorkshirefisherman6579

4 жыл бұрын

Wow you should join the DIY Tackle group on Facebook as they would really appreciate your work 👌👌👌

@ericunderwood1482

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman I was Salmon fishing next to a guy one time and he got snagged up and was pulling super hard on 25 lb test and the 3 oz lead came right back and hit him in the forehead ..an indentation of the weight on his skull! Smmmmmmaaaaackkkkkkk!

@ericunderwood1482

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparka yep...brutal boomerang factor!....Everyone is down there at the hole right now....Salmon are in Town! When that happened....I was wincing!Stay safe! Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California

Great job on the stone sinker! Environmental friendly! Thanks for inspiring me to do the same.

The environment thanks you for not littering the ocean bottom with leads. If u lose these, they're merely pebbles from nature! Great stuff.

Spectacular idea. Many tanks from mother earth. Your idea promotes low-impact, low pollution, and responsible behavior.

this is not just a good idea its life changing.

This is what we should all be using for snaggy shore fishing ! No brainer. Saves dumping harmful lead in our shores

Being doing this for years.Glad someone put up a cool video about it. Thanks, makes explaining to my friends easier..👍👍

The essential key to doing this is a "HAMMER DRILL" to pop the hole in the stone. A regular electric drill is futile. Good video. Also you can use fish hooks for wire

This is better than putting lead in water and fishes. Good job man!

As a "thinking angler" I found this very interesting, always looking at ways to fool wary fish and I daresay a tad less expensive than the ones I purchased at a tackle shop. I also purchased some a while back shaped and painted to look like mussels but they are far too nice to risk casting out with the chance of maybe losing one . My grandkids will probably auction them off when I go to that great fishery in the sky and think to themselves how eccentric their granddad was lol.

I've been making stone ledgers for years. I use a large swivel and cut one loop off and then gorilla glue the swivel to the top of the stone. holds up really well and the glue is totally waterproof and if I did loose a stone there plenty more around.

@marianperdun1970

Жыл бұрын

Eu de ani de zile am renunțat, motivul la recuperarea răsucește firul.

You’re a legend, dude. For rock and surf, I always feel “un-ecofriendly” when lead sinkers get caught and break off and remain in the ocean. This is the solution.

Can also use silicone mold and pour concrete and add thr hardware while concrete is still wet

That is a really great idea because you can make them really heavy or really light

I see a shortage of smooth stones coming soon 😱 Awesome Idea and Great Job 👍

That's a fantastic idea ,one witch i will definitely implement into my carp fishing 👍👍thanks for sharing 👏

I`ve been buying and using "stonze" weights for years. This will certainly save me a few quid.......many thanks for sharing it .

Not the first time i have seen these used but the first time i have seen the fabrication made so simple. Thanks.

Nice, I agree about the weight being environmently friendly. Adn you can never run out of stones! :)

@Lyndaloulindin

6 жыл бұрын

sooo true

this has got to be worth a billion likes it saves the planet and does what it says on the tin well done

Quality products are well worth the money !

you r not just a fisher man , to make these diy and with that filming quality , u r an artiest !

This has always been part of the joy of fishing for me... making your own stuff. When I was a teen in the 70's my parents were skint, so any tackle I wanted I had to make myself or go without. The satisfaction to be had from recycling materials into fishing gear far outweighs shopping with a credit card and paying ridiculous sums of money for stuff you can easily make yourself. Same goes for bait... bollocks to paying 4 or 5 quid for a small pot of boillies in some exotic flavour.

I just thought i invented this and had to do a search, your way of doing it is much better than what i was thinking anyways. Awesome video and i love the fact the stones are natural and look like they are part of the lake, pond or river so makes the fish less wary. Way better than the store bought weights and ill always be making my own from now on.

Great fun project to teach kids about making their own fishing equipment but also weights! Cool idea! Thx

Awesom Awesome Awesome ! Easley in the top 5 of the most valuable videos in the fishing community

Brilliant thank you for sharing that's a great idea for gifts and it's natural!!! Thank you and good luck fishing my friend!!!

Questa è proprio una bella idea. Non mi era venuta in mente malgrado vado a pescare in spiagge di ghiaia. Complimenti e grazie per il tutorial 😉👏

Down the beach and then into the workshop! Thanks for another great video and idea.

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

thanks

Excellent video! It was thoroughly enjoyable, useful, and well-made. Thanks for putting it up!

I love this. Enviro friendly. Thank u for sharing.

Good and environment friendly idea! I will try it. Many thanks!

Seeing as in the UK we often see videos encouraging us to 'drop the lead' these would be a great alternative. I'm off to the beach!

I just found this video after searching and searching to make my own low cost lead sinkers...bam! Thank you😀

Nice! Especially in snaggy areas where you lose sinkers. So much better. Will try.

Love this idea! Less pollution better for the water and us.

I love your videos they have helped me out when fishing! Keep doing what your doing!

This is a great idea. No led in our waters. I fish all the time. I am going to do this thanks for the idea. ;)

Beutfull I used this a few years before It's great to fish with that Thanks for sharing

This is really awesome.. I'm gonna try making me some.. just got to go find me some stones 😀

Thanks for this good idea. I’ll make some soon.

That is a great idea and better for the environment when you get stuck.

dude yes I've wanted to do this along time just never set to find out best way. thanks. god bless

I use to use 2p's for weights. Glue two or three together and just drill a fine hole. Your way is so much better than my defacement.

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

yep but think of the luck you will get by throwing money in water, cheers

Tench are very sneaky so the stone works well here. Good video 😁🍀👍

Hats off to you sir - excellent idea and demo!

This is the coolest idea ever. Wondering how come no one thought of it earlier. It would have saved so many waters from lead pollution. And to anglers, it would have been sooo much less costly. And in the water, there is nothing more natural than a rock like this... The benefits are countless.

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

it is a very old idea, people have been doing this in one way or another for a long time

Thanks for this, I've been thinking about using stones for an inline lead with pva bags, going to have a try this weekend 👍

Well done, certainly giving this a go.....thanks for the vid

Great idea! When I was a kid I would sometimes tie rocks onto my line for sinkers.

@tommyatchley7042

5 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, and we'd tie on sticks for floats!

Hello Paul... greetings from Lima.... always watching your videos, thanks for sharing your great ideas !!!

Nice lil workshop u got there

AMAZING editing skills and shots! I hope to be as skilled someday!

Great job. Very enviromentaly friendly.

Great idea, well presented.

Awesome, I don’t know why it is, but there’s just something about making your own stuff, even though it takes time can’t even save money, but just knowing that you’re the one that made everything is such a good feeling 🎣🤟🏼

Awesome! !! Great video, I will try and make some for myself thanks for sharing your tips 😊👍👍

That's a such a great idea. Well done, very environmentally friendly and super stealth so fish won't see any lead!

@cecapfishing9882

7 жыл бұрын

Andy's Fishing you got active on comments lately, Andy! Good to see we watch the same channels :)

@Andysfishing

7 жыл бұрын

I've been a fan for a while, and comment some times.

@lukassolvang3939

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Andy, love your vids

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

i wasn't really trying to save the planet I just could not be bothered cleaning out the lead smelter and messing round with that for a few weights so i went to buy some and they cost a small fortune and they put a coating on them to look like pebbles so I thought why not use some pebbles, thanks

@samsadowitz1724

7 жыл бұрын

The Handmade Fisherman well, i have to say that this is how most good ideas start as... i would love to do this too, but i dont havr the resources for a personal shop yet... but out of curiosity, do you think tgis will work for egg style (center hole slip) weights from the same material? and would this also work with commercial landscaping gravel of the same size?

Thank you for sharing this outstanding video so simple I’m going to rate it Ten out of Ten. 👌👍🇬🇧

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing

Great video, thank you for sharing!

Excellent idea, where I live its all rocks.

Nice work , definitely going to have a go!

Great idea, great video, you did an excellent job of editing. Thanks for the idea. JD/Missouri

Muchas gracias por brindar esta maravillosa idea. Muy linda edición del video, te felicito!!!

Not only is this a really interesting video, the editing is very professional. Thanks for showing us how.

This is the first video I've seen of yours, and it definitely won't be the last. The video itself was enjoyable to watch with no unnecessary footage or waffle. There was obviously a lot thought that went into making this and you made this process look so simple. So I'm going to try to make a weight using your method. Thank you so much from a fisherman in France. Top man !!

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

thanks

great work...thanks for sharing it,

I like those idea .cheap but very use full

Possibly the best edited video on KZread.

Neat trick. Money saver and eco-friendly. Thanks.

Well thought out, creative, well done. How unusual.

That would also work in rivers. Good idea!

Love it. So smart!! Greetings from Norway

Thats a very cool idea! I love making anything myself. Subbed!

Absolutely brilliant

Brilliant! Hopefully the new weights in the future....

I like your style great job

What a great idea. Love it. Thanks.

Very creative as usual.

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jomathan

That's kool definitely going to make some

Dude, this is brilliant. Gonna start collecting stones today.

Sensacional!! Gostei muito, é uma maneira de preservar a natureza quase sem custo!! Parabéns, vou praticar

Great video great for Carp & Barbel fishing too thanks for sharing!

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

7 жыл бұрын

cheers, i did loose one of these fishing off the reeds with safety release clip, and I was all disappointed until i realised it was just a stone and i landed the carp

Nice Idea, and a cheap and easy way to make sinkers. Would work well for still water, but not for moving water. The specific gravity of that stone is probably 2-2.5 where as lead is just over 11. In a moving water situation the rock would move down current significantly farther, even a much larger rock.

Great for nature no lead contamination 👍👍👍⭐😀

Great idea, congratulations.

Absolutely brilliant!! well done.

I'm going to have to try making some drop-shot weights. A digital scale will help determine the right size rocks.

love this idea, going to try it.

you are a genius. thanks from italy

Thank you for this idea I'll try to make some

И как я раньше не дагадился сверлить камушки. Браво.

Awesomely done great vid !

Just going to get into carp fishing after 30 years away from fishing. Being a tight Yorkshire man I was thinking of doing this as I'm damn sure I ain't going to be dropping expensive proper weights on the rigs lol Brilliant one search and found this. The two part milliputty is a great idea as I was thinking of two part liquid type epoxy and how messy that would be 🤔

@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman

2 жыл бұрын

I started making my own fishing tackle when I lived in Yorkshire, maybe there is something in the water, cheers

@adiem1653

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman lol possibly Happy New Year and tight lines