DIY bombard

Why do fishermen make so many elements of equipment with their own hands? There are several answers to this question.

Not all gear is available in stores, especially on the outskirts of cities or in small villages.
Factory devices require improvement.
Not all fishermen can afford factory-made products.
It’s more pleasant to fish with gear you’ve made yourself.

We started the story about how to make sbirulino with a question about our fishing Kulibins, because we didn’t find a float for this gear in the nearest store, and we didn’t want to go to another one.

Components of bombarda (sbirulino)

Bombarda or sbirulino (both names are correct) is a large float with good flight characteristics and is minimally noticeable to fish. This sliding float is attached to the fishing line using stoppers, and the fishing line passes through the body and antenna of the sbirulino.

Bombard elements:

Hollow drop-shaped white or transparent body. There is no need to paint the float, since it does not carry a visual load, and the bite is determined by the tip of the rod.
A long antenna, the purpose of which is to increase casting range by stabilizing the flight.
The load, which determines both the flight data and the buoyancy of sbirulino.

How to catch?

In the vast majority of cases, sbirulino is usually used to catch various surface fish. Thus, if asp fishing is carried out, then the bombard used should have the highest possible flight characteristics

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In this case, it is extremely important to be able to throw the bait directly into the “cauldron”, where the asp is engaged in stunning small juveniles. The use of a wobbler or spinner, which will go directly to the surface of the water, will allow the fisherman to wait until the sheresper makes a blow

If you are fishing for quite peaceful fish, then in this case it will be extremely effective to use bait at the fishing site. Even all kinds of mud from clay and sand, which is, in principle, inedible, can attract a fairly large number of white fish, after which it will be possible to start fishing.

It is worth noting several of the most common options for how bombard wiring is carried out:

Slow and steady wiring. This option is used most often and involves placing the main work on the coil.
Wiring with stops. This type of wiring involves performing it with the tip of the rod. Initially, the equipment is tightened approximately 2-3 meters with the rod, after which the tip of the rod must be returned to its original position. The slack in the fishing line instantly disappears by rewinding the reel.
Slow wiring. In this case, it will be possible, if necessary, to supplement the wiring with small twitches of the rod tip. The frequency and amplitude of the twitching performed depends directly on the characteristics of the reservoir in which this procedure is carried out.

The bite is determined by the behavior of the float you use, as well as the position of the rod tip. If there are sharp hooks, then in most cases the fish will be hooked on their own.

Bombard body

Let's begin the description of materials for the manufacture of gear elements with the most voluminous part of the structure - its body. Let's analyze and evaluate the materials from which the body of sbirulino can be made:

Styrofoam. One of the most popular materials among homemade fishermen. So many good things can be done from it! Including turning the body of the bombard.
Syringe. Great for our homemade project as a water-filling float with variable weight. It can be used to make both a floating and a sinking bombard model.
A ball from a bottle of deodorant. A transparent ball will not scare the fish, who will mistake it for an air bubble.
Wine bottle corks. In terms of popularity for making floats, they are quite capable of competing with the foam plastic mentioned above.
Capsules for medical shoe covers. Also an excellent water-filling float.
Barrels of chocolate eggs with a surprise. You can fill them with water and fill them with lead pellets.
Details of broken factory floats. It would be a pity to throw it away, but it might come in handy here.

If you make float bodies from a different material, leave your feedback, we will be only too glad.

Antennas

A homemade bombard must have a long antenna, at least twice as long as its body. Moreover, it should be made of durable but light material. For this purpose, you can use various plastic tubes, which are easy to find yourself:

The refill of a ballpoint pen works great for light floating floats.
Tubes from sucking candies like Chupa Chups also have sufficient strength, but only long ones are suitable for us, since the choice of such candies is now huge.
The core of the gel pen already has stronger and thicker walls. It can already be used for heavy floats.
Anti-twist tube designed for feeder fishing. It is very durable because it can withstand the weight of a filled feeder.
Cocktail straws can also be used for large sbirulino.

Loading

Here we need to talk more not about the materials for giving weight to our floats, but about the method of surrounding the sbirulino bodies with them. After all, in fact, there are only two materials for this: water and lead. But now we’ll look at how to surround bodies with them.

Hollow structures such as syringes, deodorant balls or Kinder surprise capsules can be immersed either in water or using lead balls. Solid structures - foam and cork, only lead.

If it’s easy to pour water into hollow bodies and place pellets, then you will have to sweat over loading the foam to do everything correctly.

One way to weight bodies is to encircle them with thin lead tape. This option is suitable if you managed to acquire sheet lead. The second method is to drill holes and glue pellets into them.

Assembly

Let's assume that we have prepared all the elements of sbirulino. All that remains is to assemble all the parts into a single whole. Let's start collecting, keeping in mind some factors.

We drill a through longitudinal hole in the body of the float for the antenna. The diameter of the hole must match the outer diameter of the antenna.
We glue the selected antenna into the body so that it does not stick out from below. Before using glue to connect parts of the structure, you need to do a test gluing. This is done to ensure that the selected adhesive will not corrode any of the materials.
We enclose the bombard body using one of the above methods.
The place where the pellets are glued must be additionally filled with glue for greater reliability of fastening.
Final processing: sand and coat the elements with paint or varnish.
Dry the product.

Bombard made of foam plastic and gel pen

To make a bombard from foam plastic and a gel pen, do the following:

Cut a rectangle 5-6 cm long from hard and dense foam plastic.
Shape the foam rectangle into an oval shape using sandpaper.
Poke an awl or drill a hole with a screwdriver in the center of the foam blank with a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the gel pen ampoule.
Spread the ampoule with glue that does not corrode the foam, insert the ampoule into the foam.
Use lead to bring the bombard to the desired weight.

How to choose a fishing rod for a bombard?

When choosing this type of equipment like a bombard, you need to pay attention to durable fishing rods.
The most commonly used are spinning rods.
The most optimal rod length is considered to be up to 3 meters.
Shorter rods can be used, but they must be designed for long casting.
The action of the rod should be fast and parabolic.
A possible bait test should be up to 60 grams.

Homemade liquid bombard from Kinder Surprise

You can make a homemade liquid bombard from a Kinder Surprise box, to do this, do the following:

In a plastic box from Kinder Surprise, use an awl or a screwdriver to make holes on both sides with a diameter of 3 mm.
Insert a tube with a diameter of 3 mm and a length of 17 cm into the resulting hole.
Glue the tube with epoxy resin or glue.
Make another hole in the body of the bombard through which you will pour water to weigh the bombard and regulate the depth of its immersion.
Plug the water hole with a silicone or rubber stopper.

Methods of fishing with a bombard

The use of a bombard may involve various methods of catching trophies. Among the frequently used ones are:

slow - most often used for shallow water and implies a smooth casting of the bait;
fishing using jerks - after throwing the bait, you need to make sharp jerks with the tip of the rod to attract large trophies;
twitching the bait. Smooth twitching of the bait can be carried out. The frequency and intensity are selected individually by each fisherman during the fishing process.

Good to know! Fishing experts say that the best method is to combine several fishing methods.

Benefits of fishing

When fishing with a bombard, the following advantages should be highlighted:

The float is quick to install and can be used even by beginners in fishing.
Can be used to catch any type of fish.
Any type of bait can be thrown over a long distance.
You can fish using fly fishing flies.
The bombard, which slowly sinks to the bottom, attracts predatory fish.

Note! Also, one of the most compelling positive reasons to use this type of product as a bombard is the ability to catch large trophies at various depths without the use of motorized equipment.

Equipment for a homemade bombard

After making and finishing the bombard, the main thing you need to do is equip the fishing rod with it. This is done in the following sequence.

A stop bead whose diameter exceeds the internal hole in the antenna is placed on the working fishing line or braid.
The bombard itself is put on with the antenna facing up.
A second bead is placed below the float, limiting the movement of the sbirulino and at the same time protecting the swivel attachment point.
We tie the swivel.
We place a leash selected for the fishing conditions with a hook or bait.
If we fish with natural bait, we put it on a hook.

Now the tackle is completely ready for battle. Good luck with your bombard fishing!

Equipment

Fishing with a bombard involves the following installation scheme (sequentially from top to bottom):

Main line. Preferably monofilament with a thickness of up to 0.3 mm. Fluorocarbon shows the best results, but full winding can be expensive, so a leader made of high-quality material with refraction is sufficient. Braid is rarely used due to its tendency to become tangled in such a pattern.
Sbirulino float. The line is threaded through the antenna, and the float slides freely along the rig, stopping on a bead above the swivel.
Swivel. An important element that prevents the leash from twisting when reeling in. If when using wobblers there is no such need due to their built-in stabilization, then the use of, for example, a worm or dough with which trout is caught leads to uncontrolled rotation of the hook. Therefore, after the float, you need to tie a swivel (preferably a three-link one), which prevents negative phenomena.
Leash. If you are going to catch fish without sharp teeth, then use fluorocarbon fishing line (for rigidity and transparency) with a permissible load less than the main one. When you want to catch, for example, a pike, you cannot do without metal material. Moreover, a latch is added, which generally worsens the performance of the gear.
The hook is chosen according to the intended trophy - always from a trusted manufacturer, strong, sharp and reliable. Dough, worms, and corn are used as bait. Maggots and bloodworms are less common due to their weak retention on the hook.
Instead of a hook, artificial baits can be used - wobblers, cicadas, poppers. Sometimes there are small spoons, but with a float it is difficult to control the start of their rotation.

The remaining components of the gear are as follows:

Bombard rod. When choosing a rod, it is taken into account that you need to cast a load of at least 10 grams. That is, ultralight “sticks” will not work. And if you take into account that when casting, the load increases even more, preference is given to forms with dough of at least 30 grams. The length of the fishing rod is up to 4.5 meters, sometimes even match rods work successfully, although these are, of course, exceptions. Longer fishing rods are also used, but only in special cases.
The reel is a spinning reel with a size of up to 3000, that is, with a spool that can hold at least 100 meters of fishing line 0.3 mm thick. The location of the friction brake is convenient for the fisherman.

Because of the large weight of the float, bombard spinning can withstand greater loads during this kind of fishing than when fishing with traditional artificial baits (spinners, wobblers, twisters, etc.). The access rings suffer, and especially the tulip. The fisherman must constantly monitor their condition so as not to damage the fishing line and not lose the equipment at the most crucial moment.

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