To make this fishing kit you need the following: A wine cork, two types of line and fishhooks.

All total, it takes about five minutes once you have the parts to assemble this kit for use in an emergency.

Wrap a length of line around the cork and stick some fish hooks in the end.

The cork can be used as a bobber as is but if you pre-drill a hole through the core it will make it easier.

I recommend adding braided line and mono-filament along with a couple different sized hooks.

With a hole drilled through the core you can add a trebble hook in the other side.

I told you it was simple.

But in an emergency, using a hand line such as this with some natural bait will all but guarantee if there are fish where you are fishing, you can bring them in.

There are also myriad ways you can alter this kit by adding to it. For instance, you can include leaders and mini-spoons to add a flash to your hook setup. You could also incorporate two corks and use one as a bobber and the other as a hand line “reel.”

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