HOMEMADE Fishing Reel Catches Fish! (DIY Reel)

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, if you clicked on this video then you are probably somebody who likes fishing or somebody who likes building stuff. Today we are building a fishing reel. So I actually want to make a video of me making one out of wood but I don't have all the stuff for it right now so I'm gonna wait. If you guys want to see that leave a comment let me know but today I'm gonna just use a bunch of random stuff that I can find. I've got this garage right here this is like a lot of my like fishing stuff you can see there's a boat and then I've also got my dad's garage over here some stuff in there I got a little bit of stuff laying around everywhere so I'm just gonna go around look at a bunch of random stuff use old stuff I have laying around that's not getting used and then put that to use in a reel. I'm probably gonna just mount it on some sort of rod I have laying around. We're gonna go ahead and get this started and go try to catch a fish on this reel. Alright so I have a little bit of junk like everywhere I've got some rods and stuff here hunting stuff I got all kinds of stuff but there's definitely something that I can use and like all of this stuff there's a lot of old reels and stuff I'm gonna get some more yeah here's some real parts I might use some of these like maybe a handle or something but I think first we need to get something to use for like a spool something like an old thing of I don't really know what I have a bunch of random stuff let's see we got this this right here this will actually probably work it's actually has line on it 20 pound monofilament so I might use this it's kind of small you can tell it's like kind of a small spool so it actually fit on the rod pretty decent probably so we'll keep this in mind let's set this over here to the side we'll I have this left over from my stuff when I was at college in this box and this dowel is actually not really the perfect size but it is at the same time it's like kind of loose which is good I think but also bad because there won't be much friction but it might be too loose so I'm gonna try this one but I'm gonna look for another one just in case so I got this dowel I think this one is probably too big but I'll bring it over there and look we also have some scrap wood and stuff if I need to use some scrap wood I'm not really sure how how crazy I'm gonna get with my design but I just want something that's gonna work and maybe make some crazy looking cool wood reel later on we'll have to see we're gonna see if this one will fit that's like that's like literally the absolute perfect size this one is perfect all right we definitely have to use this dowel I definitely am going to use some of this wood I don't want to use necessarily like super thick stuff I wish I had some thinner type wood like some luan or some plywood or something this right here is a piece of like trim board or something which could be okay I just wish I had something that was a little bit thinner I mean this is like super thick I don't need it to be that thick I mean it's not like my frogging setup oh that's loud I don't know I need to look see if I can find anything that's smaller they're looking for something smaller was a no-go so I think I'm just gonna use this piece I have no idea what species this is but it's like super light hope my dad doesn't get mad I'm using it but we're gonna use this and now we're gonna go sit down and get some designs going and I'll take you guys and show you what I'm thinking about using all these okay let's get it okay this is what we got going I'm just going to do a little rough sketch first we've got our little piece it's just a piece of wood we've got that's a block okay so I want to take a couple pieces out of that which is going to be the bottom of my reel and the sides of the reel so usually whenever you look at a reel it's going to look something like this something like this you're going to have your piece that goes in between both of them okay and then you've got like your side plate here your side plate here and then there's something that attaches on the bottom and on the top to make your reel you've got your handle coming off over here on the side something along those lines okay so what we're going to do is we're going to make this circle piece right here out of this block of wood so we're going to take it I don't know if we're going to make it a circle we're probably going to go something like this kind of like a like an arch or something we're going to take two pieces out of that and then we're going to take us a flat piece out of the bottom of it mount this onto here like this and then we're going to mount this other one on here these two are going to fold up and then our spool is going to go in between here and then it's going to work bam done I'm in the shop now got my materials here laid out in front of me at least what I think I need for right now what I'm going to go ahead and do is lay my spool out go ahead and trace around this bad boy all the way and then I'm going to mark the circle in the middle as you can tell there you go it's marked then what I'm going to do is I'm thinking that this is just going to be my whole reel design thing so I'm just going to guesstimate by the way this looks make the same mark on both sides okay so that's my rough design for what it's going to be this is where the spool will end up being at this is the actual sides of the reel I'm going to go ahead and get one of these cut out and then I'm going to go ahead and cut out number two go ahead and stick my blade in my jigsaw always wear eye protection okay so that's not bad we're a lot smoother now and it's looking pretty good we're going to go ahead trace this one get another one cut out I've got both of these basically the same now both of them cut out what I'm going to do now is I'm going to stick this spool in here and basically that's how it's going to look it's going to be sitting like that but I need to make this bottom piece down here and then I got to figure out somehow I'm going to mount it on the rod but I've got to go ahead and measure in between here and add a little bit of a gap that way this has a little bit of play to it well I'm a genius because I thought I was not going to have to drill a hole but I actually do because in order for this spool to turn to reel back in I've got to be able to reel the handle so actually what I've got to do is I'm going to have to glue this spool onto this dowel go ahead put this in here stick a pin in and then somehow make my handle off the end that way it will turn so I do have to drill two holes in both of these all right so I found this bit it's not really perfect I mean it's close but it's not perfect but it's what I've got so I'm just going to make it work we're going to go ahead drill this hole and then whenever you turn this it's going to turn this spool exactly like that so these are going to stay put I'm going to go ahead cut the bottom I got my bottom piece looks like it's going to line up perfectly that's exactly how I want it right there I am going to go ahead and shoot some nails in this bad boy all right there we go that's not bad not bad at all okay so I didn't really think about this but I do want to super glue this spool in here so I'm actually gonna have to knock out one of these edges just pull it out with the nails and everything and I'm just gonna have to re-nail it and re-screw it okay so I'm letting that super glue dry for a minute or two I just went and looked in my garage actually found this old rod this is a Firebird by Shakespeare so I'm gonna go ahead just use this I don't want to make the rod today if you guys do want to see me make a rod I'll try to do that in another video just go ahead and leave a comment below but we're gonna go ahead and figure out how I want to screw this on here basically I don't want to use this whole actual locking mechanism that comes with the reel I kind of just want to cut another piece of wood and have it right here run a screw run a screw and then have two other ones so just one here one here and then run four screws that way this can't move and then it still gives me enough room to hold that reel right there so I can cast and everything I think it should work all right so this is kind of sloppy but I think that it's gonna work you're gonna run screws in here which is gonna clamp it on there so it should work perfectly this one right here seems like it does fit pretty well so we're gonna try it see what happens all right I'm gonna go ahead and start working on this spool now it should be dry I think I've got an extra handle in here that I might use we're gonna look and see because it's gonna be a little bit more difficult to make the handle I think I got an extra oh yeah that's perfect we just have to stick it on here run a screw in it it's gonna work perfectly perfect that's it the line is tangled okay reeling our line that works perfectly well it's pretty tight on there it's not like super tight but it's pretty dang tight on there and there we have it folks we have our reel that is fully functional and it's on our rod now hopefully this thing will actually work um I'm gonna put something on here and do a couple test casts let's see what happens got this little lipless crankbait I just found it was just out here on my desk so we're gonna tie this on try casting this around we're just gonna cast around in the yard but then we'll probably go to the pond that was a fail it goes right in front of me okay that landed in the gutter I'm thinking that this is gonna be a great close range reel probably terrible for casting very far distances I'm just gonna stick a little worm and bobber on here got my little smiley face bobber we're gonna see if we can't go get a brim on this because I'm not really sure if this will hold up to a bass but I think that a brim we can probably manage a homemade reel see what we can get going here oh my gosh oh yes I got one I got one homemade reel homemade reel yes sir yes sir check that one out boys and girls we got one with the homemade reel got our first fish a little brim and it still held up I'm about to catch another one watch this go ahead get this buddy unhooked it paid off and it finally worked got a little little brim little brimmy brim let's throw it back out there he slammed that thing this thing performed excellently now the retrieve is a little slow but it's okay what do you expect for a homemade reel okay I have to be prepared this time to reel it in as soon as I get my cast out there because last time he nuked it as soon as it hit basically I'm ready come on somebody slammed that son of a gun these are the pickiest fish I've ever seen in my whole entire life won't even hit a stinking worm when they do they don't even put it in their mouth they're probably just grabbing it with their little greasy fins just running away with it they're gonna eat it later they're taking takeout is what they're doing you don't want to goodness yes got another one got another one got another one fish number two boy yes sir on the homemade reel tell me it won't work tell me it looks stupid I don't care it works there's the proof right there folks homemade reel catches fish it works it may not be the prettiest looking thing but I'll tell you what it'll reel in a fish if you were on a survival island and this is the only thing you had you would live because you would have food bam I know it's not the most beautiful thing in the world guys like it's literally like I made this in like probably 20 to 25 minutes if I would have spent a ton of time on it it could be like magnificent but if you guys do want to see a part two where I actually spend like a lot of time or something on the reel or make a rod be sure to let me know in the comments and I'll make sure that I do it I do have some experience in like making stuff with wood so I can actually make something decently nice if I spend a lot of time on it but this was just kind of an experiment to see if it would work at all I don't know what's going on oh yes sir this is a little baby look at this thing look at this little joker look at this little joker he's a little baby baby yes sir give me that hit it again come on that's a good cast dang it please just bite it don't play with it eat it like all the way yes sir that's fish number five yes sir oh that's a good one too that is our fish to fill our limit right there boys and girls that proves to you that you can win a brim fishing tournament with this combo I will be featuring this combo for sale for 500 on my website please feel free to go check it out no I'm just kidding that's a joke but all jokes aside this reel does work I mean it's still all attached and everything it is just like a quick 20 to 25 minute creation I just want to see if I could catch something on a reel that I made myself I know this one is not the most beautiful thing in the world but if you guys want to see a more beautiful one you guys enjoyed this video make sure you like that like button let's get this video to 500 likes and be sure you like that up and leave me a comment if you want to see more videos like this of me creating stuff making lures making reels painting reels whatever you guys want to see let me know and we'll do some of that stuff especially with the winter coming up where a lot of people can't go fish so be sure to let me know boys and girls this is the reel it looks but this is the reel and as you guys can tell we did catch some fish on it so I wasn't surprised I thought that it'd be easy to actually reel them in with it because the reel like the actual reeling in part works fine but it's just the casting isn't that great on it but we did catch some fish on it so it did work I know that this video is not necessarily what you guys usually see on this channel but I figured it'd be pretty cool and interesting to do and bass fishing is kind of tough right now so I figured I'd go catch some little brim and stuff so be sure to let me know if you guys do enjoy this stuff though and I'll definitely do more of it really appreciate you guys tuning into this video and I hope to see you guys in the next one in the meantime go catch them