Survival Fishing Kit

by Dave
(U.S. )

I keep a very small survival fishing kit with my gear. Its basically just some line, a couple of flies, a trout worm, 2 sinkers and 2 hooks. I've tested the flies and know I can catch fish with them, some line, and a stick. I've also caught catfish and other fish with just a hook and sinker and some grubs or whatever worms I can dig up out of the ground. Never used the trout worm before, but had some room so I put it in there for the hell of it.
Its not going to feed a village or anything, but its enough to give me a shot at catching a fish should the opportunity present itself in a survival situation.

The other piece of my survival fishing kit is a frog gig... or frog spear, depending on where you live I reckon. Takes just a few minutes to get it secured to the end of a stick, and you can use your flashlight at night to spot the frogs eyes and keep the light in his eyes as you approach slowly, then gig him. The barbs on the forks will keep him from wriggling off usually. I'd imagine you could use this to spear fish with if you practiced, but I've never tried, but I'm sure if I was hungry enough I'd give it a shot. You could also use as a spear tip for small game, squirrels, muskrats, etc. if you can get close enough or sit still by a trap long enough, snakes too. Very versatile, small, light, effective. (stick it in a block of styrofoam so you can pack it without punching holes in all your gear.)