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What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by fishing collector » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:13 am

I ran across this and thought I would add this to the wedding ring topics I think anyone can figure out how to do this......at least the fly guys will figure it out....
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RE:What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by Awoods » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:36 am

If Iwere a fish, I would definently fall for that. Never seen it before, looks like a nice sttractant.

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RE:What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by Jay S » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:05 pm

Find a new women to give them to. Sorry couldnt help my self I love bad jokes. I tie my own steelhead jigs and have made similiar rigs thats cool.

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RE:What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by Shad_Eating_Grin » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:08 pm

Those "wedding ring" bands are called "rondelle beads".

Depending on where you look (jewelry and craft stores), they cost anywhere from 20 cents to 1 dollar each. There's a couple bead sellers on Ebay that sell them in bulk of 100 beads, for around 10 bucks plus shipping.

I haven't made them into jigs like in the pic, but it's pretty easy to make your own wedding ring spinners.

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RE:What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by cavdad45 » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:09 pm

She must have had small fingers! LOL

Seriously, it's a cool idea. Have you tried it out on panfish?

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Post by trout slayer » Thu May 01, 2008 11:39 pm

wow thats cool.. im to lazy when i do use one i will end up throwing it away the leader always gets in the way and gets scared up trying to wind it up and find a place to put it...
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RE:What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by mikecrawford16 » Fri May 02, 2008 8:10 am

that is a very creative idea to use an old wedding ring! So how many fish have you cought with the new jig? Man I give you props to that new creation

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Post by mikecrawford16 » Fri May 02, 2008 8:11 am

that is a very creative idea to use an old wedding ring! So how many fish have you cought with the new jig? Man I give you props to that new creation

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Post by mikecrawford16 » Fri May 02, 2008 8:12 am

that is a very creative idea to use an old wedding ring! So how many fish have you cought with the new jig? Man I give you props to that new creation

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RE:What to do with old wedding rings!!

Post by gpc » Fri May 02, 2008 8:21 am

I do like those. On a jig head, tipped with a maggot. Ill bet they will kill crappie and other pan fish.

But like Shad said you can always tie a new wedding ring up. It was mentioned how hard they are to store (and they are) but just cut off the hook, throw away the line and put the beads, blades, clevises and hooks in a pill bottle and just throw everything on a piece of line next time you need a wedding ring.

The leader that Macks (and other brands wedding rings) is way to heavy. I would say its between 10lb and 14lb test and probably not the best quality line. I like 4lb test (avoid fluoro. too many line twist) and 6 or 8lb test for double whammys.

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