Fishing rod with slingshot on it?

I talked briefly to a guy who had a short fishing rod with an orange
slingshot on top of it to shoot the bait out over the water instead of
casting it with the traditional overhand rod motion.

The orange slingshot looked like the part of a stirrup that goes on the
heel of a boot.

He pushed a little lever with his thumb to release the slingshot.

I had never seen one before, so I remarked that using it seemed like
cheating, it required very little skill, just point and shoot.

He claimed it was a new rod he was developing but the parts all looked
too finished to be a prototype.

I think he was lying about what it was. He had a strange attitude and
said he had no fishing license, which was why he was playing with the
rod in a public park instead of at the nearby lake.

Who makes those rods? Where can I buy one?

On 25 Aug 2005 16:58:45 -0700, "krusty kritter"
wrote:

I talked briefly to a guy who had a short fishing rod with an orange
slingshot on top of it to shoot the bait out over the water instead of
casting it with the traditional overhand rod motion.

I've heard of the technique being used for salt water surf fishing
before. I've never heard of the slingshot being on the rod. Sounds
as if it may be something he's invented and doesn't want to talk about
before getting it into production or selling the patent to a major
company.

And it doesn't sound as if it'll be much more of a big seller among
most long time fishermen than the Bassomatic was. Gimmicky.

Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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Although it sounds interesting I just cant see myself trying to shoot
any kind of lure anywhere with much acuracy!


Rick

we used to paddle our shark bait out on surfboards through the surf
and even tried using kites
ummmmmmmmmm??
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