Excellent explanation. Thank you very much. I bought a Cuban Yoyo from a fisherman in Havanna last year on the Malecon. He teached me a little bit. Greetings from Germany :)
We couldn't afford a rod when we were kids and always handlined. We loved catching more fish than the guys with rods! 😊. I would have liked a cuban yoyo--we made our own gear and had to lay the line out on the ground before casting. Nice to see this! We made our own weights too from scrap lead. We had a good design for surf fishing in the rocks. We cast a pyramid weight with four pieces of wire sticking out. This ensured that the weight couldnt fall into a hole small enough to jam the weight. If it fell into a bigger hole-- just give it a pull and the wire legs would bend back and out it would come!
Best line ever: "You're going to bleed and DIE!" Thanks for teaching me how to rig and cast a Cuban Yo-yo. Great tips for someone like me who just got into hand line fishing. Keep up the great work!
Your videos have been extremely helpful in helping me figure out how to use these hand reels. Everyone in my community fishes, but the only hand reelers I've found are older gents using spools of wire off the sides of their boats on Lake Huron
Good Demo, Fish don't care about fancy rods n reels just the bait on your hook....And it is a different fishing experience direct from your hand down the line to the fish. A cheap & fun way to fish....Thanks for the video...
Hint : if peeling line onto the floor, let fall the curls into your hand, and turn the pile arround, so the curl on the casting end is the very top one. That way you don't get tangles. Same for picking up the line onto the reel: never start to reel up a pile of line off the floor, you would be pulling on the lowest most curl of the pile and get a birdsnest. Cast again first and always reel in stretched line !
@@BlackWarriorLures In practice, one would prefer to cast from the yoyo, of course. Only if one has to use both hands on the line, and it ends up on the floor, just cast from the floor, as now the casting end is on top anyway. And even when packing, never start reeling the line onto the yoyo when it's like this. Lob the sinker out, and reel back the stretched line
I've seen kids hook themselves when I was a kid camping and fishing and trust me your not gonna die from a hook in the finger or in the neck it won't be fun but you'll still live to do it again
I guess it's a good thing I hate casting. Almost all my fishing is drift fishing or trolling where no casting is involved. I've seen plenty of people hook themselves with rod and reel as well. Fishing is an inherently dangerous sport. The faint of heart need not get involved.
Glad you liked it. I have a new book coming out title "Handliner's Handbook." If you want to get on the early bird list, check it out: handline.gr8.com/
Oh yeah the 6 inch casters work great for bass fishing and boy are they fun just rig swivel then 2 ft of leader with bullet weight bass hook and worm hooked weedless and cast and reel they hit it.
I got a case of 10" Hd fiberglass Handcasters and a case of 10" Hd in Abs they hold 700 yards of 80 lb gorilla braid and we catch bullshark and black tip casting from the beach i have casted from goal post to goal post at LSU
Nice. LSU? Over here in Tuscaloosa we never look forward to playing LSU because you know it's going to be a knock-down-slug-out fight to the finish. Hmm, never used the Gorilla braid, need to try it. Yeah, I've seen so many people using handlines just like you say, but you don't see much information online about it even though it's the most common fishing method through out the world.
Newbie in this hobby... I found me to what i thought was a cuban yoyo with a reeling mechanism... Caught plenty with it it but the only problem is the casting... Bought that gadget in a fishing store in saudi arabia... Only to find out that in a video on youtube that it was a actually a kite reel... I modified the darn thing so i can cast it like on this video and reel it like a typical reeling device... Never seen anyone have done this... Maybe you can develop a device like this who is into cuban yoyo but has a reeling mechanism...
I was looking up cuban yoyos on ebay and those showed up in the results. Ive actually been wondering about those clips for over a year now. I cant find anything about them online.
I wish I saw this 5 hours ago. Bad news, fishing hook got caught in my index finger and I had to got to the ER. Good news, I'm alive. Be careful people! You don't want the hook to get caught on you!
Ahh, didn't know Alvey made handcasters. I've heard a lot of good things about their side cast reels over the years. You say fiberglass? Gosh, that must be strong.
@@BlackWarriorLures Monofilament stretches- that's going to act like an inline shock absorber. It's also a good bit thicker than a similar lb test braid.
Excellent explanation. Thank you very much. I bought a Cuban Yoyo from a fisherman in Havanna last year on the Malecon. He teached me a little bit.
Greetings from Germany :)
Sweet!
We couldn't afford a rod when we were kids and always handlined. We loved catching more fish than the guys with rods! 😊. I would have liked a cuban yoyo--we made our own gear and had to lay the line out on the ground before casting.
Nice to see this!
We made our own weights too from scrap lead. We had a good design for surf fishing in the rocks. We cast a pyramid weight with four pieces of wire sticking out. This ensured that the weight couldnt fall into a hole small enough to jam the weight. If it fell into a bigger hole-- just give it a pull and the wire legs would bend back and out it would come!
Happy to remind you of something so useful.
Best line ever: "You're going to bleed and DIE!"
Thanks for teaching me how to rig and cast a Cuban Yo-yo. Great tips for someone like me who just got into hand line fishing. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Yeah, I'm looking to catch some big catfish this season with the yoyo!
Your videos have been extremely helpful in helping me figure out how to use these hand reels. Everyone in my community fishes, but the only hand reelers I've found are older gents using spools of wire off the sides of their boats on Lake Huron
Yeah, I know what you mean. I need to get back to doing more handline fishing videos. Trying to get caught up on my Cuban yoyo orders.
Good Demo, Fish don't care about fancy rods n reels just the bait on your hook....And it is a different fishing experience direct from your hand down the line to the fish. A cheap & fun way to fish....Thanks for the video...
Yeah, it's so much more sensitive. I'm convinced that most people don't want to catch fish. They rather play with toys.
Hint : if peeling line onto the floor, let fall the curls into your hand, and turn the pile arround, so the curl on the casting end is the very top one. That way you don't get tangles.
Same for picking up the line onto the reel: never start to reel up a pile of line off the floor, you would be pulling on the lowest most curl of the pile and get a birdsnest. Cast again first and always reel in stretched line !
Ahh! Thanks. Never would have thought of that.
@@BlackWarriorLures In practice, one would prefer to cast from the yoyo, of course.
Only if one has to use both hands on the line, and it ends up on the floor, just cast from the floor, as now the casting end is on top anyway. And even when packing, never start reeling the line onto the yoyo when it's like this. Lob the sinker out, and reel back the stretched line
@@cedrikcihlar8426 Yeah, I much rather cast from the yoyo. Mostly I'm just drifting and trolling and not casting at all.
Thanks for the video, exactly what I was looking for, straightforward and to the point!
Glad it helped. Thanks for stopping by.
I've seen kids hook themselves when I was a kid camping and fishing and trust me your not gonna die from a hook in the finger or in the neck it won't be fun but you'll still live to do it again
I guess it's a good thing I hate casting. Almost all my fishing is drift fishing or trolling where no casting is involved. I've seen plenty of people hook themselves with rod and reel as well. Fishing is an inherently dangerous sport. The faint of heart need not get involved.
Fantastic demonstration. Thank you very much for taking the time to share this with us :)
Glad you liked it. I have a new book coming out title "Handliner's Handbook." If you want to get on the early bird list, check it out: handline.gr8.com/
Oh yeah the 6 inch casters work great for bass fishing and boy are they fun just rig swivel then 2 ft of leader with bullet weight bass hook and worm hooked weedless and cast and reel they hit it.
Yeah, I cast a lot more accurately with these than a I ever did with rod and reel.
Thanked black warrior now I now how to fish with a hand line
I got a case of 10" Hd fiberglass Handcasters and a case of 10" Hd in Abs they hold 700 yards of 80 lb gorilla braid and we catch bullshark and black tip casting from the beach i have casted from goal post to goal post at LSU
Nice. LSU? Over here in Tuscaloosa we never look forward to playing LSU because you know it's going to be a knock-down-slug-out fight to the finish.
Hmm, never used the Gorilla braid, need to try it. Yeah, I've seen so many people using handlines just like you say, but you don't see much information online about it even though it's the most common fishing method through out the world.
Try using the Mexican beercan spinning rig. A challenge when using artificial lures!
Hey, get on the early-bird list, and get these three proven handline rigs: handline.gr8.com/
Newbie in this hobby... I found me to what i thought was a cuban yoyo with a reeling mechanism... Caught plenty with it it but the only problem is the casting... Bought that gadget in a fishing store in saudi arabia... Only to find out that in a video on youtube that it was a actually a kite reel...
I modified the darn thing so i can cast it like on this video and reel it like a typical reeling device... Never seen anyone have done this... Maybe you can develop a device like this who is into cuban yoyo but has a reeling mechanism...
Thx, man! I'll have to keep that in mind.
Thank you!
Glad to help!
Excellent!
Thank you! Great demonstration!
Glad it helped.
what are cuban yoyo utility clips used for?
I'm not sure what you mean by utility clips. If you don't mind would you explain?
I was looking up cuban yoyos on ebay and those showed up in the results. Ive actually been wondering about those clips for over a year now. I cant find anything about them online.
I wish I saw this 5 hours ago. Bad news, fishing hook got caught in my index finger and I had to got to the ER. Good news, I'm alive.
Be careful people! You don't want the hook to get caught on you!
Oh, my friend, please be careful!
@@BlackWarriorLures thank you sir! I'll be more careful from now on. Your advice on extending the line to about arms length was great!
Thanks for posting Great survival item
Yup, and most of the world uses this as their main piece of fishing equipment.
Did you figure out what went wrong with your fishing reel. I bought one
Yeah, I think water got in there because I often leave these out in the rain. After a while it resumes normal function.
Good to hear Thanks
I will keep mine dry
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Ahh, didn't know Alvey made handcasters. I've heard a lot of good things about their side cast reels over the years.
You say fiberglass? Gosh, that must be strong.
Love it man!
Thx. Hope you find it useful.
👍i agree 100%
Yeah, after my graphite rod broke, I decided to go back to handlines.
If you use braid you have to be really careful. It can easily cut a finger off even with gloves on!
Yup, thx for the heads up.
Man, I just put on a bunch of 20 lbs mono, and it's much better: longer casting distances and much more forgiving on the hands. Mono wins again, lol.
Nice!
Black Warrior Lures me too. 20lb test Ande line. Fished with that since I was a kid
@@BlackWarriorLures Monofilament stretches- that's going to act like an inline shock absorber. It's also a good bit thicker than a similar lb test braid.