12-11-2010, 05:12 AM
The eye of the rod is "hooked" on the silver "nail", actually it is like setting a mouse trap, the the line is in the grove at the end of the 1/2" pvc ( The 1/2" pvc pivots freely in the 3/4 pvc t's) sorry it's hard to see, as the fish starts to pull on the bait the tension in the line actually cause the 1/2" pvc to rotate down towards the water which in turn staightens the "nail" which then causes the eye to slip off the "nail". It takes a little patience to get the eye to stay hooked and not slip off on it's own, if you set it light for perch or crappie or any other fish that may bite lightly. Anything hitting the bait firmly would cause the eye to slip off the "nail" easily.
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