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Ideas for fishtrap Guide

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Hello everyone, I seem to have a problem on windy days with the sides of my canvas flopping in the wind. What have some of you done to your sides to keep the canvas attached to your poles? Have any of you tried to sew the canvas around the poles at all? Any of you have ideas please let us know. Thanks. Kooba. PS Plan on fishing for the first time this year. Can't wait. Got the ok from the wife and little one.

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I think everyone shares your problem. The older ones had slots on the bottom so you could but 1 x 1 boards in and they would hold it down. I have a new one and it sits lower to the ground so the wind isn't a huge issue anymore.

I put the back to the wind and bank a little snow on the back side and that is it. But, you could check to see if yours has the slots for boards. I have also seen people use pipe. Scott Steil

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To keep the bottom flap tight to the ice add a light chain into the slot around the drop curtain.

You insert it in the channel and tack the chain with a needle and some 10/30 FireLine every 6" or so, this keeps it from bunching up when you fold the tarp up. The FireLine will not rot like cotton thread will.

If the bottom collects a bit of ice just give it a shake and it falls off. Spraying the bottom with ScotchGuard helps to limit ice too.

You can use plastic or metal chain, I use metal for the weight. The whole idea is to keep the drafts out, right.

What is handy about this is unlike a ridged stick some use for this, a chain will fold up well with no time loss or hassle.

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Where the tarp gets tucked into the channel on the sled is how to adjust the tension of the tarp.

If the tarp has relaxed a lot from use it will flutter more in the wind. The chain also helps to keep things taunt and you get less tarp flutter.

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