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[cool][#0000ff]I use up a lot of Papermate pens and toss them without buying the more expensive refills. I have always thought there might be some kind of fishing application for them. In trying to figure out some kind of way to clip my loose line, when fishing bait with an open bail, I thought of using the pocket holder clip to mount on a rod to slip a loop of line under. I cut one down the back, removed the closed end, reamed it out with a narrow knife blade and it snapped right onto a rod real easy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It holds the loose loop of line just fine, with just the right tension. A fish can pop it loose easily, but there is enough tension that the bait dragging behind my float tube does not pull it free, unless it snags up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Next, I tried snapping one on facing the opposite direction...down. It provided a quick and easy hook holder loop. Unless you build your own rods (as I do) you might get a rod without a hook holder. I can't fish without them. The pen clip makes a temporary or permanent fix. [/#0000ff]
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Looks great Pat, now if you could just find a use for... (I better not say my kids might read my post).
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[cool][#0000ff]For what? Kids? Grandkids? BAIT[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My kids (adults) joke with their kids (my grandkids) that they need to be careful if Grandpa takes them fishing. They are told not to let Grandpa tie a hook to them before going swimming.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And, when it comes to inventions, whatever happened to the perfumes Chanel #1, 2, 3 and 4? Or Preparations A through G (before Preparation H)? [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I guess most great inventions were the result of someone just tinkerin' around trying to find a solution to a problem. I have always believed that "Necessity is a mother..."[/#0000ff]
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I thought of one very useful upland game- and waterfowl-cleaning invention a year or two ago, and recently I saw it being advertised in Cabelas. (I'm nearly certain I thought of it before it was ever advertised, but I'm not absolutely sure.) If I indeed was the first to think of it, I wish I would have patented it.
I've got a couple more ideas for new products stored in the ol' thinker, but I don't know how to go about getting them on the market. Any advice from any of you who may have done such things?
I do have one more question, and it's for the TubeDude: When you publish your memoirs and reveal your vast insight regarding fish and fishing and inevitably become the Rocky Mountain and West Coast's version of Bill Dance--will you remember your old BFT pals (you know, the "Little People")?
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[cool][#0000ff]Hey oh Princely one, thanks for the kindly thoughts. I have no desire to emulate "Bill Dunce". And, I never want to be rich and famous. Well, maybe a bit better off financially would be okay, but I wouldn't want everybody to know about it. Know what I mean?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have never gone through the formal process of patenting and marketing an idea, but I know others who have. My first bit of advice is not to succumb to the "Invention Companies" who advertise on TV. Their only goal is to cost you money (for them) not make you money. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you spend some time searching out websites on the patent process, you will find that it costs very little to register an invention. However, to develop prototypes and to tool up to go into production can be pretty costly. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the big mistakes made by many people who have great ideas is to fail to document their ideas and the process of drawing them out and refining them. Another problem is telling others about it, or posting it up on a public website, like this one. That makes it public domain and may cost you any rights to further benefit from your idea.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I might suggest you send a PM to Japanron, co-moderator of the California board. He retired early from the royalties he earns from a variety of simple inventions and patents. He can probably offer some good first-hand advice on the dos and don'ts.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Yeah, I am a creative kinda guy, but I believe in sharing with others. I gotta admit I have passed up on patenting a couple of ideas that have made other people some serious money. Does it bother me? No. And if you believe that, I got some great deals to talk to you about in snake oil and real estate.[/#0000ff]
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Hey Pat, don't you still own some of that OceanFront property back from when you lived in Arizona??
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[cool][#0000ff]Nah. It all got washed away in a sand tsunami.[/#0000ff]
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Have you ever noticed the warning on Perperation H "do not take this product orally". You know they had to have gotten a letter on that!
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Exactly! But at the same time, why do they call them "hemorrhoids"?
Shouldn't they be -- "asteroids"?
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Precisely my point. Why do those kind of doctors call themselves "proctologist? Shouldn't it be "astronaut" ?
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[cool][#0000ff]That's one business where things are always "looking up". And the doc profits when he goes in the hole.[/#0000ff]
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Your right TubeDude! We should stop all these little "Innuendo's" [ ] before someone gets upset! [mad]
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Pat- I read years ago that Preparation H is good used as an attractant on your fishing bait like Smelly Jelly is. It is supposed to have fish or shark oil in it. I just can't quite get myself to try it though. Since you like to try new things I nominate you to be the guinea pig for the BFT members. How about it?
When are we going to do the Idaho trip? Acey
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[cool][#0000ff]I have also heard that PH was a fish attractant. Ya gotta wonder about the story behind the first guy that tried it. Some interesting visuals come to mind.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I respectfully decline your nomination (to test Preparation H as a fish attractant). If you don't like it, you can shove it...where it was originally intended to be used.[/#0000ff]
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LOL ! The visuals ! You are right ! Makes me wonder about the first person to use it - were they out of catfish paste ? Or did they notice a lot of small fish swimming around their derrier while wet wading ?
Personally, I would just go buy some commercially available and relatively cheap bait scents - or in last case scenario, use your parents bottle of "cod liver oil".
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[cool]That looks pretty handy, Pat! I'm gonna have to cut up some of my old pens that look like that paper mate. In case I forget how you have it rigged, are you going to post this under the fishing tips section? I especially like the line clip for dragging bait behind the tube!
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[cool][#0000ff]I might, but I am also working on other designs. The system works okay, but I can't help myself. I gotta keep thinkin' and tinkerin'.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My next idea is to attach some kind of adjustable tension clip device onto the bottom of the rod holder tube. I have used plain old rubber bands before, but they "degrade" quickly and pop off. That's okay if you keep some fresh ones handy each trip. You just wrap a couple of loops of rubber band, and then slip a small loop of line under the top wrap of rubber band. With the right tension, it will be enough to prevent the line from pulling loose while fishing, but will snap free when a fish smacks it, and allow the line to peel off the open bail reel. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Ya gotta play with it to get it just right. If it works the way it should, it will help you "finesse" cats and walleyes. It also prevents losing your rod to an aggressive fish that "grabs and goes" if you have your bail closed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you wanna play with making one of those combo rod seats and rod holders, bring your craft over and we can throw it together. It will probably cost you about $3 or $4 in PVC. I can provide a shopping list.[/#0000ff]
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