Watch Making a permanent bushcraft camp - blacksmithing fish hook and fishing trip - [part 4] in New Channel | Channify

I use the primitive blacksmith shop to make a fish hook. I eat fish meanwhile making a simple fishing pole and travel to a near by lake to do some fishing. Wind and rain, overnight trip. Open the full video description for more information. ---------------------------- Date: 16-08-2019 to 17-08-2019 Day: 10°C (50°F) Night: 8°C (46,4°F) Location: Sapmi - the land of the Sami people. Clean and remote classic northern wilderness. Fresh water rivers. Pine, spruce and birch forrest. Mountains, bears, wolves, eagles, reindeers etc. I can't give you any information about my location, only that I am somewhere in Sapmi. Consuming: Water (meltwater), berries (blueberries) and fish (pike). _________________ A few questions: 1. Can you give us a few point about the fish hook? Made it from spring steel (old coil spring from a car). Forged the hook by making a 180 degree bend and forging the end into a point. It was though my first time forging a fish hook and will not recommend that method - next time will I just make a tiny chisel cut and that method will I recommend. I made the hook on my fish hook way to big and that only makes it harder to hook fish. From a blacksmith point of view is not making an eye on the fish hook a way to eliminate a weak spot - but my experience so far from a fishermen point of view is that I prefer an eye, it is just a lot more convenient for attracting line nice and secure. I will make eyes on my future fish hooks and consider heat treating the point/hook part. When I at some point in the future have figured out how I prefer to make fish hooks and what designs I like to fish with - will I make a blacksmithing video about it... something like "5 ways to forge fish hooks". 2. What wood and line did you use for the fishing pole? Pine tree and modern braided fishing line. The line is raped around the entire length of the pole, so in case the tip of the pole break will I not loose the line, hook and fish. Each end of the pole is split open and used to keep the line attracted. 3. Is the water safe to drink? Yes. Almost all water in Sapmi can you drink straight from the source. Especially all from remote locations. It comes from the near by mountains - meltwater. 4. What did you use to carry the fire? Chaga - a fungus growing on birch trees. 5. What is part 5 going to be about? If the weather is less windy will I spend the time in camp... making a chopping block and tinder for the steel striker... Maybe take a trip with the raft to great pike water and try the homemade fish hook some more. Or may making bow and atlatl or get started on making a pole lathe. Not sure yet - but something like that. 6. Did you catch a fish with the homemade hook? No - but it was expected. The hook have some design flaws and the small lake is questionable fishing water. Will try some more on less windy days out in the big water next to the camp - know that is great fishing water. The main goal for the pole is not fishing like shown in the video, but fishing active with it or probably in most of my future cases just drag it after a canoe/row boat mean while traveling from a-b. _________________ Website including gear list and other basic information https://www.runemaltebertramnielsen.com _________________