We had a pretty awesome weekend. On Friday the family came out ice fishing and my wife caught a decent sized bluegill which was very exciting. My daughter almost had a fish but she didn’t know what to do when it came to reeling so we lost it. It’s okay though she had a ton of fun being in the shanty and watching her mom pull a fish in.
I ended up pouring a ton of epoxy into the ice rod case. This morning I was looking at it and it needs another insert in the middle to support the rods from dangling down. I’ll be trying to figure out what to do there during this week. It’s pretty much ready for use as is though ,so I may hold off. The only purpose for the case is so that the rods don’t get crushed when being transported in the car. If it can do that, then it is doing it’s job. When I get to the ice, my sled has rod holders that I’ll transfer the rods into, so it’s not a huge deal if this rod case isn’t perfect. I’d still like it to be nice though incase I go north with the boys at some point.
The epoxy is just to sort of waterproof the joints. I’ll add either an oil finish or a spray shellac to add more water resistance, but it should be really sturdy now from the epoxy so if there’s any movement it will be met with some resistance. The next steps are to epoxy the inside of the lid, figure out the middle insert, add leather straps to the outside and inside, and add a water resistant finish to the sides.
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