This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in
Traditional Skills.
Catching fish is a great way to collect some meat. Fish hooks can be very helpful but they don't just grow on trees. Let's make one!
Here's one way to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make a fish hook
- Possible materials include:
- Bone
- Thorn
- Wood
- Metal
- 1 inch wide or smaller
- Meaning it could fit down inside a 1" diameter tube
- This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- The material you'll make your hook from
- Midway through making the hook
- Finished hook
- Finished hook tied to a line showing that it can support a 5 lb weight without breaking,
or
- Video of you catching a fish over 8" long with the hook
