Sighter Swap

[Nick Naclerio]

I leave it open until tonight and then close it. I'll PM you guys with my address and you guys can send them to me. I'll break them up and send them out.

[Dejon Hamann]

What do you think? Just one for each entrant enough?

[Mark Hanes]

We should have to send out 7 each.  Correct? 

[Nick Naclerio]

Yup, 7 each. I guess we need to figure out how long of a piece of uncoiled mono to send. I'd say its better to go a little longer.

[Nick Naclerio]

Alright we are going to do this with 8. I'll PM you guys with my info. How about we send each other a section that we would normally pull off to use ourselves.

DEADLINE: Feb. 12

[Nick Naclerio]

We are closing in on the deadline. Just a reminder for you guys.

[Nick Naclerio]

Didn't want you guys to think I forgot about you. We had two guys either drop out or I can't get in touch with them. I'm just waiting for sighters from one more person and then I'll break them up and mail them out. Since I will have extra I'll break up the extra evenly for everyone.

Thanks to everyone who participated,
Nick

[Dejon Hamann]

Received my neat little package of sighters today.  Thanx so much for organizing this Nick!

So, I have some questions about how you guys put these together, but first:

My sighter was a 3 tone 8/10/12lb Ande Mono.  Since I made that I've moved on to look for brighter materials to compliment the middle yellow section and it looks like Cabelas Pink Floro and Berkeley Solar Collector Green are the stuff! I still really prefer the 3 tone sighter for both viability and turnover.  Unfortunatlely, both of the before mentioned materials are out of production... so if you find some please let me know

Questions:
1) What material are in the little drug baggies?  I'm guessing Red Amenisia is one, but the orange is nice and bright too. 
2) All though we can't use backing indies the loop on those is fantastic!!! So tight and seamless. Please do tell how you do that?
3) I love the little drilled hole bone with the rubber gaskets.  I need all the details on that one as I'm going to steal it

thanx guys

[Nick Naclerio]

Sorry I keep putting off mailing them for so long guys, that was all my fault.

Drug baggies, nice.

The red is 15lb amnesia. I like this one but it doesn't keep its memory so well.

The orange is 14lb Sufix Seige in Neon Tangerine. I found this one about a year ago and still use it about 90% of the time I nymph.

[Domenick Swentosky]

2) All though we can't use backing indies the loop on those is fantastic!!! So tight and seamless. Please do tell how you do that?

Saw your post, went out for the mail and there's my package too, little drug baggies and all.  Thanks guys. 

Dejon, I learned to make the loops here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giH3O-jYkgQ

Not that tough, just need to find the right sewing needle size.  It's kind of fun.

I made those up around the same time that I made a couple for my friend Steve, and after he fished it for just a little while, the barring started to run, and soon enough he had a dark olive/black sighter!  Not so good for strike detection.     So I've been worried ever since that maybe I used the same marker on the sighters that I sent out for the swap.  I usually use a sharpie, but for Steve's I know that I used a generic marker that says it's "waterproof." 

Anyway, will someone please dunk one of those in the water and see if the barring is running?  Let me know right away, and I'll send out another group to Nick and he can redistribute them to you guys.  I tie them up bicolor now with orange and chartreuse backing blood knotted together --- much better for low light conditions -- even more contrast.

Enjoy the day.
Domenick

[Mark Hanes]

Sorry I had to bow out of it I end up coming up with some sweet sighters in the last week or so to.  Funny they are about like the ones Dejon is raving about.  LOL

[Warren Weglinski]

Dejon,
I made the one with the holes in the stock,
Glad you like. Sorry I had no crack bags to put them in.

The round stock is some type of hard nylon I had in the shop. 2 drilled holes ,two  3/16 o-rings.

The line is very old stock of  14 lb.golden stren. boiled for 10 min with some vinegar.
I think the old stren was some what brighter then the newer stuff,running the line thru the holes gives a sharp right angle at the tie in point that I like. I also like the tag ends long for the ease of installing.
The nylon stock and o-rings can be used over many times.
Hope everyone enjoys them.

warren

[John Killinger]

Someone I fish with gave me some bright green and pink which is very visable, anyone know what lb. test they are?

[Kalvin Kaloz]

John the stuff I gave you is 10lb test

[Kalvin Kaloz]

Mark, D...that pink is AWESOME stuff!! I think we can stil get the green

[John Killinger]

Is that Berkeley Solar Collector Green available is 14 lb. test and higher and where can I get some?

[Dejon Hamann]

I just found it at Gander Mnt.  I think it went up to 20.

[John Killinger]

Thanks Dejon!

[Todd Huber]

Ok lets all agree.  When anyone starts a swap its their responsibility to take good pictures and detail the goods on the site.

[Dejon Hamann]

Ok lets all agree.  When anyone starts a swap its their responsibility to take good pictures and detail the goods on the site.

Or maybe you need to enter the swap next time  

[Todd Huber]

Touche!   Maybe so.  Have you notice my frustration with not entering.   At least I will take pictures.

[Nick Naclerio]

Take pictures now too! I mean come on it took the piece of crap guy that ran the thing like a month just to stick them in the mail box. 

I'm headed out fishing now maybe when I get  home I'll take the pics. Everyone did a great job on them so its worth sharing.

[Todd Huber]

OK.. OK..    I did say future swaps to give you an out.  Your right Nick I may be asking plenty.  I just knew you would go one step further!!!!  No pressure.  May the fishing gods be with you today.