Throwline reel

[emr]

I was walking past my work bench the other day and saw this chalk line sitting there that my dad gave me. I already had one so this was just a spare that I was never going to use so I thought I would put it to use at work. It has about 80ft of Zing-It or Fling-It. I always carry a little throw ball with me anyway so this set up really wont add much weight to my saddle. I plan on keeping it in my pouch that hangs on the back of my saddle until I need to use it. It doesnt auto-rewind like those fancy fly fishing reels but hey, it was free!

 

[stig]

Nice idea, but it rewinds really slowly if it is anything like the ones we have here.

 

[emr]

I have not used it yet in a tree but it is slow. It beats stuffing throwline into a little chalk bag or other stuff sack.

 

[stig]

For sure.
That is what we were doing when we first ventured into the Redwwods and sequoias 4 years ago.
Really hard to work out the tangles when you are an old guy, who needs glasses to read, but still prefer to climb without.

So when Jerry B. showed us his fishing reel set-up, it was like a revelation.
We immediately bought reels, and Anders have been trolling garage sales and fleet markets ever since, picking them up, turning them into throwing line reels and selling them to local climbers, who have never even heard of the concept.

Since he has also mastered Jerry's Boomerang shot to the extent that he can do it consistently out to 45-50 feet, he can do a pretty convincing sales pitch.

Yet another enterprising way to finance ones studies

 

[MasterBlaster]

Interesting idea!

 

[Porkbrick]

i bought a chalk-line reel a while back to do like you have, but i never got around to it and started using it as a chalk line.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I broke my fly reel

 

[gf beranek]

Fifty feet is an amazing return. I would like to see the boomerang shot in competition.

 

[bonner1040]

Ok i bite. Whats the boomerang throw?

I am obviously familiar with a boomerang.

 

[stig]

Get Jerry's working climber series.

He does a very fine demo of it.
That was inspired Anders to spend a whole summer practicing it in the evenings ( He is such a nerd, when he gets obsessed with stuff)

 

[Jack]

Ok i bite. Whats the boomerang throw?

I am obviously familiar with a boomerang.

Page 49 of Jerry's Fundamentals book.

 

[NickfromWI]

Jerry gave me permission to post this WAYYYY back in the arboristsite days, so I'm gonna assume he won't mind if I do it again

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's the one.

 

[NickfromWI]

emr, I've heard that the chalk reel thing just doesn't work since the spindle is so tiny, you're only getting like 1/2" of line per turn at first. I think you might be able to stuff into a sack faster than you can wind that reel.

Get an auto-wind fishing reel! They rock!

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[gf beranek]

That old hand drawn illustration cracks me up, Nick. Thanks for posting it.

 

[top_notch]

Pretty neat idea to go with the fly reel.

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[High Scale]

I like that.

 

[flushcut]

I was looking for an old tread where I said if I learned how to post a pic I would so...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nice!

 

[Merle Nelson]

Yeah!

 

[Limbrat]

Yes indeed.

 

[gf beranek]

And it's a Medalist!

Excellent choice. Parts are available practically everywhere.

 

[flushcut]

Well of course! Your video inspired the design Jerry.

 

[gf beranek]

Glad to see it catching on!

 

[MasterBlaster]