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PIMPyour bait elastic container

#1 Post by murnblood »

Sick of your bait elastic disappearing back into the container, and it normally happens on the coldest wettest nights.

I took the insert out of a drinks bottle, lucozade sport (I think it was) and planted it onto the top of my container and it works a treat. It is easier to thread the elastic through and it stops the elastic going back into the container, see attached photo.
i will post the method that I used later.
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#2 Post by seanie35 »

thats a cracking idea, :idea: :idea: :idea: , never used one because 'thread always went back in'
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#3 Post by WrasseBasher »

EXCELLENT IDEA, OFF TO UPGRADE IT NOW :D
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#4 Post by JOHN LYNCH »

Thats a good idea alright, used to hate the way the elastic kept pulling itself back into the container.
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#5 Post by murnblood »

Get a lid from a lucozade sport bottle and push the white plastic insert out with a pointed tool.
Then use a 10mm drill bit to make a hole in the container lid and glue the bottle top into the lid using super glue.
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#6 Post by Kraken »

what stops it going back in??

Dont understand..... :oops:
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#7 Post by Danny M. »

Kraken wrote:what stops it going back in??

Dont understand..... :oops:


The flappy yoke :lol:

Its like the valves they stick in people when their arteries give a bit of trouble.

Hey murnblood that can be your next project; pimp my Artery :mrgreen:
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#8 Post by murnblood »

Its like a little rubber non return valve.

Enlarge the photo to see.
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#9 Post by Kraken »

murnblood wrote:Its like a little rubber non return valve.

Enlarge the photo to see.



how do i enlarge it?

jeesus i feel stupid.............. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
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#10 Post by murnblood »

There is an alternative to the bottle top.

You could just glue a piece of rubber to the lid (e.g a bit of inner tube) put a tiny slit into it and push the thread through it.

Cant see that not working either.
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#11 Post by Kraken »

aaah right - now i got it

cud use top of a kids sippy cup too :D :D :D
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Kraken wrote:aaah right - now i got it

cud use top of a kids sippy cup too :D :D :D


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#13 Post by gearoid mc s. »

should have patented that and sold it to a production company...seriously like.
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gearoid mc s. wrote:should have patented that and sold it to a production company...seriously like.

DOH!!! :cry:
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#15 Post by round_ourway »

cracking idea mate. 'I have offically been pimped' hehe
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#16 Post by thescotsman »

bit more low tech and not so stylish, but i find an elastic band round the container with the thread underneath it works fine.
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#17 Post by immunecfg »

This is one thing that drives me mad baiting up then getting ur elastic "ARGH IS GONE BACK INSIDE!!!!" then after spending about 10 mins messing about with the thread, this idea will be used for the next time im out!

Very good Idea there!
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#18 Post by contender »

Good thinking there. i will have to try to pimp mine up soon. I normally just go for the covered in bait and stinking look. :D
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#19 Post by red »

slightly off topic but still a way to "pimp" the container. i got some glow in the dark paint on ebay for the tip of my rod. i put a bit onto my elastic container and it works a treat if it falls off my box at night. you can see it glowing on the rocks or sand. hell of a lot easier than walking around with the headlamp glued to the ground looking for it.
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#20 Post by lumpy »

as red said i did similar with my container but used reflective tape from halfords. also put it on my scissors, forceps, knife etc. its a gift for finding them in the sand
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