Today we're going to be making little tiny micro hooks
look at them
and we're going to be making them out of
sewing needles
really simple
stay tuned to learn how
Now, these don't have barbs
it's going to be a little more difficult to catch a fish with it
because it doesn't have a barb
it's-you just have to keep tension the whole time
um,
but on the plus side this is much better for the actual fish
because the barb won't
you know, destroy its mouth
and it's a fun challenge
so I want to challenge people
to build these hooks out of the needles
and try and catch a fish themselves
so let's get started with the tutorial
you're gonna need
needle nose pliers
and another pair of needle nose pliers
First, I take my needle nose pliers
put it right on the tipy tip of this
and this all depends on how small you want this hook to be
but I'm showing you guys how to make the smallest one possible
I put right on the tip
and then I push it down like this
ready?
and I start to turn it inwards, like this
you see how it's angled now 90 degrees?
You see that?
[Erin] Mhmm.
[Brendon] about 90 degrees
and if it's not try and get it to 90 degrees
and then
after that
I hold on to the hook
with a bigger pair
and I'll continue to wrap it like this
against the actual pliers, just like that
and I'll twist it around just like that
see that?
you've gotta be careful not to go too much, it's easy to go too much
and then once you turn it
look at that
an offset hook right there
but that's the easy part
making the hook is the easy part
that's a little one, you can make a bigger one
by bringing it up a little bit more
instead of, instead of having it straight at the tip right here
bring it maybe a quarter inch up
make that 90 degree
and then once you have that 90 degree
you wanna bring that tip
you want to bring this tip to probably like right here
there we go
look at that one
a lot of different variations you can make
um,
this one's a little bit more rounded
compared to like
this square bottom right here
i think the rounded ones would be a little bit better
um, okay now let me show you how I make the eye
this part
First
with these specific ones I can just crush the ball off
and the ball will come right off
See?
Then
this is the difficult part
This is what I have the most trouble with, is how do I make this eye?
Do you wrap it around like this one? Look at that
Should I wrap it around?
Should I just make a little standard loop like this?
Or will that not hold?
But then I realized that
I'm catching little, small fish on this
I don't need it to be that strong
a wrap is almost unnecessary
so I can just do a little loop
and I do that in a really similar way where I pinch it
and then
I roll it
I roll it around like that
you see that?
There we go!
Really simple
I hope I'm giving you guys some ideas here
again, this is not the only way to do it, this is my
my $1 DIY way to do it
so experiment with different ways
I think this one would work pretty well
um, now, okay for this small one
for the small one
you don't necessarily need the shank to be that long
so I'm going to crush this ball again
the ball comes right off
like, if you made-if you made the the loop right here
That doesn't look right, right?
You see how long the shank is?
and then the loop?
So what you have to do with this
is cut it off
give it a little bit of distance
so that it can make the loop
and then make the loop
ready?
I put my finger on this
and I turn it
there we go
look at that little hook
Now you don't want-you don't want a gap between the eye right there
so you're gonna have to wanna--
you're gonna wanna tighten that a little bit
and just give a pinch with the other pliers
there you go
and there you have it
home made hooks right here
There you have it, super simple to make, right?
I wanted to give you guys this idea, maybe it'll inspire someone to try it themselves and take the adventure for themselves
um, theses su--these little hooks are really easy to make
and it's--it's very rewarding to make your own hooks and catch a fish with your own hook
um, that's what I got out of the experience
if you guys try it yourself
let us know how it works
have you done this before? Is there a better way to do this?
How can I get a barb on here?
Can anyone answer me that?
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