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Homemade Telescoping Spear Gaff for Kayak Fishing
I make a telescoping spear gaff from a painter's pole and paint roller heads, with swappable straight and hooked heads for kayak fishing.
What’s in this video
I wanted a gaff that packs small on the kayak but still reaches when I need it, so I made one from a telescoping painter’s pole. It telescopes to nearly twice its length, and the heads swap out: one straight and one hooked.
The heads come from a standard paint roller head and an extended paint roller head. The only tools I used were a bench grinder and a hammer, and the whole build took about 5 minutes.
Quick takeaways
- The base is a telescoping painter's pole, so it nearly doubles in length when extended.
- Two swappable heads made from paint roller heads: one straight, one hooked.
- Tools needed are just a bench grinder and a hammer, and the build takes about 5 minutes.
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