Fish Spear

by harrisonfletcher1 in Outside > Hunting

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Fish Spear

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4 prong fish spear, easy to make.

Supplies

Straight sapling about as tall as the person using it around 6-7cm diameter. twine. strong, sharp knife. 9cm long spreader sticks.

Stick Choice

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Choose a tall, straight sapling 6-7cm diameter. cut the end of so its flat.

Making the Splits 2-3

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Make a split down the middle by hitting your knife down with something hard, then make another split making the end into quarters.

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Wrap twine around the sapling 15cm down the splits you have already made. Finishing the split up to the lashing.

Spreader Sticks 4-6

Carve to small sticks just longer than the width of the sapling.

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Slide the spreaders one at a time through the splits down to the twine.

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Wrap twine around the spreader sticks in a figure of eight, holding them down.

Sharpening

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Sharpen all four ends of the prongs until they are very sharp and pointy.

End Product

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by the end it should look something like this.