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Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) #6777993
02/21/20 08:44 AM
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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778003
02/21/20 08:56 AM
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Those Miranda old school videos are great. I think I've seen them all lol


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778006
02/21/20 08:59 AM
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His blooper videos are very entertaining.

Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778014
02/21/20 09:10 AM
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I was standing there watching as it was being filmed right by my house.

Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778043
02/21/20 09:45 AM
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7/16 smooth rod. Fine for coons and mink , but not very Universal.
All the FFG videos were fun to watch back then.


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778048
02/21/20 09:54 AM
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Love these videos. Why do they never wear gloves in the water?

Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: DWC] #6778052
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Originally Posted by DWC
Love these videos. Why do they never wear gloves in the water?

They were just doing production sets for video!


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778053
02/21/20 09:57 AM
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I rarely wore gloves it slowed me way down.

Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: DWC] #6778080
02/21/20 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by DWC
Love these videos. Why do they never wear gloves in the water?

I never wore gloves either water trapping.


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778091
02/21/20 10:39 AM
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I never could work with gloves either it was like having socks on my hands but that might be why my hands hurt so much today. Toms hands would dry out from being in the water and start to crack so he was a big fan of them gauntlets back then.


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778123
02/21/20 11:06 AM
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Early in the season I never wore gloves either. But later, when things started to ice up, I always wore gloves. I ain't that tough.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778131
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Lot of metal to pack around and would never work in western rocky creeks but seems great in his location. As far as gloves I never used them much for water trapping but always carried a jar of mink oil boot recuperation and rubbed it in my hands several times a day.

Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: 330-Trapper] #6778237
02/21/20 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
7/16 smooth rod. Fine for coons and mink , but not very Universal..


not universal?

I've been using 3/8" smooth rod for over 15 yrs for all water trapping with no problems, but you MUST get that deep end secured or a 75 lb beaver can have your rod twisted like a pretzel according to a couple of my customers who failed to do so.


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: traprjohn] #6778318
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If I'm not mistaken, I even saw ol' Law Dog in Tom's awesome videos making snares if I recall......


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: traprjohn] #6778341
02/21/20 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by traprjohn
Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
7/16 smooth rod. Fine for coons and mink , but not very Universal..


not universal?

I've been using 3/8" smooth rod for over 15 yrs for all water trapping with no problems, but you MUST get that deep end secured or a 75 lb beaver can have your rod twisted like a pretzel according to a couple of my customers who failed to do so.

Well to each their own....Ive never had a pretzel rod in over 25 yrs since switching from cable -and don't want one. 1/2" or better for me.


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: TC1] #6778346
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Originally Posted by TC1
If I'm not mistaken, I even saw ol' Law Dog in Tom's awesome videos making snares if I recall......



If I recall old Law Dog was hanging out by a mine in the great State of Arizona in the Bobcat trapping video. I love all those old videos. When I got stationed in Kansas I bought Bernie's Farmland Fur Trapping book. I read that thing until it literally fell apart. It was good reading when out on training exercises for weeks on end.


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: danvee] #6778351
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Originally Posted by danvee
Lot of metal to pack around and would never work in western rocky creeks but seems great in his location. As far as gloves I never used them much for water trapping but always carried a jar of mink oil boot recuperation and rubbed it in my hands several times a day.


Actually, you can make them work in rocky areas most of the time. You need to have two anchor points about a foot apart on the shore end. It won't really matter if the end is stuck in the bottom because with two anchor points the beaver can't spin the rod around and get back on shore. I would like to take credit for this idea, but I got it from none other than "The Beav" on Tman. And it works well.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Trapper7] #6778361
02/21/20 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Trapper7
Originally Posted by danvee
Lot of metal to pack around and would never work in western rocky creeks but seems great in his location. As far as gloves I never used them much for water trapping but always carried a jar of mink oil boot recuperation and rubbed it in my hands several times a day.


Actually, you can make them work in rocky areas most of the time. You need to have two anchor points about a foot apart on the shore end. It won't really matter if the end is stuck in the bottom because with two anchor points the beaver can't spin the rod around and get back on shore. I would like to take credit for this idea, but I got it from none other than "The Beav" on Tman. And it works well.

Im going to modify a couple and try that!


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778366
02/21/20 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
Originally Posted by Trapper7

Actually, you can make them work in rocky areas most of the time. You need to have two anchor points about a foot apart on the shore end. It won't really matter if the end is stuck in the bottom because with two anchor points the beaver can't spin the rod around and get back on shore. I would like to take credit for this idea, but I got it from none other than "The Beav" on Tman. And it works well.

Im going to modify a couple and try that!


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Re: Drowning rods. (Tom Miranda) [Re: Sprung & Rusty] #6778462
02/21/20 03:27 PM
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I use rerod here and 1/8 cables, the creeks are deep and muddy in places I just drive the rerod in at a angle away from the trap until the cable is tight then I use 330s in the shallow places.


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