Retrievers - not golden

[teekso]

So I was wondering who here uses a retriever other than the golden (http://www.discdiver.com/)

I have an 18 ft. telescopic golf ball retriever with a hook on the end. Not great, but I am looking to rig it someway.

Any ideas, pics, suggestions?

 

[teekso]

More detail - the hook is just a drywall hook that you would see in a garage or something. Just not great for catching the lip.

Ideally tryign to make something clamp...kinda like this http://www.mowermagic.co.uk/acatalog/PARASENE_STREAMLINE_Pole_Pruner_Saw_.html but modified to work on a telescopic pole...

 

[craftsman]

I'm not familliar with the bg retriever, how much are they?

I don't know what the end of it looks like, but I'd imagine a bendable wire in the shape of a triangle with the end poking up a lil
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[MotoDj]

http://www.cotscreations.com/products2.htm
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3789&highlight=disc+diver

i have a golf ball retriever pole with a wire shaped in at triangle hooked to it... never used it though, i'm thinking bout a remote controlled submarine - yellow of course

 

[Terry C]

Heres a great link to the lake rake conversation from a while back, i got some great ideas from it.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3789&highlight=lake+rake

 

[Roc1Time]

One of my friends ues a 30ft kite pole with a treble hook on the end. Works great when the retriever wont

 

[teekso]

Here is the golf ball retriever

Now you remove the ball part at the end and mine has this hook -

So the pole extends out 18 ft and the hook can grab your disc.


Question - how does the treble hook work, pretty good? Like this -

 

[crouchingwombat]

haha that fishing hook would tear up some discs.... but you would always hookem, thats for sure.

 

[John Rock]

I carry a retriever similar to yours. I cut the plastic end off (mine was yellow) and drill 2(Two) 1/8" holes, one about a half inch from the end, the other about an inch from the end. I use 2 pieces of 12 guage wire (similar to a wire coathanger) wrapped around the pole (and through the holes) to fashion 2 ends that stick out from the pole. You can bend the ends to different angles or keep them straight, but when you cut the wire, cut it on an angle so you get a little bit of a point.

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[teekso]

got a picture rock?

 

[MotoDj]

heres my first attemt, i'm gonna craft another, but i needed one, came home made it in bout 15 minutes, went back to course and it got my disc...
theres alot better designs, my next one won't look like this, but it was great in a pinch

 

[John Rock]

got a picture rock?

Negative, sorry.

 

[jsardinas]

The palms here in florida will swallow discs pretty quickly, so I bought a kite pole. It's a 31' telescopic pole made of fiberglass. It compacts to about the same size of your 18' golf ball retrievers, and is a little heavier too. I don't carry it all the time, but its always in my car. I have it modified with a clip on the end to attach my golden retriever. I bought the thing on ebay for $20. Its pretty badass, and I haven't lost a disc in the water or a tree since I've owned it. I attached a few pics to show you guys

 

[John Rock]

The palms here in florida will swallow discs pretty quickly, so I bought a kite pole. It's a 31' telescopic pole made of fiberglass. It compacts to about the same size of your 18' golf ball retrievers, and is a little heavier too. I don't carry it all the time, but its always in my car. I have it modified with a clip on the end to attach my golden retriever. I bought the thing on ebay for $20. Its pretty badass, and I haven't lost a disc in the water or a tree since I've owned it. I attached a few pics to show you guys

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