Construction details
Purchase the following items <ul>[*]a push in 1 oz quiver tip from tackle shop.[*]smallestTerry Clip, I think they are the 1/2 inch ones[*]a straight connector for aquarium tubing (Aquaflow connectors are the best).[*]some shrink tube 10 mm[*]stainless steel wire rod 1 mm. The lure lads who make their own use this wire for jigs so any good predator shop would have it in stock. [*]whipping thread.[*]pack of smallish beads if you don't have any in your box.[/list]
Strip the rings off the quiver and sand down the blank. If the wide end doesn't push into the aquarium connector tightly, sand it down until it's a tight fit.
Take the connector and cut the tube part off one end, leaving the wider shoulder part connected to the other tube. Fix the Terry Clip to the shoulder with a cut down (10 mm)3 mm bolt. The thread on the bolt will cut and selftap a thread into the plastic once you get it started.
Take the shrink tube, push a piece onto theTerry Clip either side and heat up to shrink fit.
Take the wire rod and bend around a 6 mm metal bar (end of a 6 mm drill bit will do) bend the a leg on it so it faces backwards from the eye. It's important that where you cut the metal off on the ring that you file this so it's round with no burs.
Burs will damage you line as you clip the line on.
Put the bead on first then whip the ring on glue the bead up tight to the ring. I smear the whipping with glue as well, to make it extra secure.
Paint the quiver tip in the colours you want and you have a very functional sidewinder at half or less the price you'd pay for a shop bought one.
To give it added security when its on the rod, I place a small elastic band around the top of the Terry Clip.
TheMonk will testify to how effective my sidewinders are for perch bite detection as we both bagged up when I presented him with a pair some years ago when we did a bit of perching on the reservoirs in the Pennines
