Line cuts

[trev1]

Whats the best way to siop line cuts when handlining. I just use Leucoplast tape but I was wondering what else is out there.

[Dirtysanchez]

G'Day mate
Bicycle tyre tubes from road bikes.. they are almost perfect diameter for a normal blokes fingers.. cut off 2 inch sections of tube, keep them in your tackle box. Slip them over your fingers so the tips of your fingers are sticking out, so you can still feel the bites.
Worked for me last time I handlined at Swaines reef

[wags on the water]

G'Day mate
Bicycle tyre tubes from road bikes.. they are almost perfect diameter for a normal blokes fingers.. cut off 2 inch sections of tube, keep them in your tackle box. Slip them over your fingers so the tips of your fingers are sticking out, so you can still feel the bites.
Worked for me last time I handlined at Swaines reef

This is what I would suggest as well.

Cheers,
Wags

[trev1]

Yep , I've used them before but am still not convinced. I think there has to a better way

[tunaticer]

I like filleting gloves with the tip of the index finger clipped off for sensitivity.

Jack.

[loophole]

u can buy like litel wrap around velcro things like a splint but smaller and better from bcf.

[trueblue]

elastoplast, or bicycle tubes

either / or... both good as each other. But rubber tubes have to fit. And you don't need 'sensitivity' when handlining - you are either on or your not...

cheers

[sunny]

Haven't handlined in years, but my best finger guard was a finger length of neoprene material from an old wetsuit, sewed into a tube that just fit my finger.

I only used it on one finger as the lead that takes all the strain.

[trev1]

I dont know about not needing sensativity when handlining - I recon you need more.
What other things have people tried??

[Mark-P]

There is another way fellas ( as choppa would say ) harden the f*#k up !! Well thats what my dad use to tell me when i would cry about the line burns.......... hahaha

Mark

[trev1]

" Harden the F?#k up "... ha ha. Got diesel fitter hands pal. Dont really know how much harder they can get. See how your hands handle hard reef fishing when you get 4 foot GT's taking your bait on the way down.

[Mark-P]

I know perfectly well what line cuts feel like Trev1....... I hoped you realised i was pullin your chain ??????

Mark

[Vindicator]

I know you were talking about handlining but if its that much of an issue there are now things on the market called rods and reels!

Cheers
Kezza