throwline placement, July 2024, unpolished

slingshots

• this "spiderman" setup is amazing, truly
• slingshot darts exist
  • Background — they're typically used for slingshot fishing.
  • They typically have some kind of barbs built in. For arborist line placement, I would probably remove the barbs.
  • Often some hand protection is used with these. However, that's only required if you leave the barbs intact.
  • Usually they have no fletching, and are instead stabilized using the line they're trailing behind them. However, a few are available:
    • Snipersling darts   [youtube]
      • These aren't designed for use with fishing, but perhaps I could still use a line on them?
    • Piaoyu darts
    • Aklsalqw darts
• Frameless slingshots are a thing. This could be useful if I'm ultralight hiking, maybe.
• Fishing reels have been mounted in multiple places:
  • wrist-mounted fishing reels
  • a minuscule "fishing rod" mounted to the bottom of the slingshot, to which a fishing reel is mounted
• specific Amazon products I might be interested in: slingshot-1, slingshot-2, darts-1
  • the SimpleShot Scout XT is reminiscent of Jörg Sprave's Rambone 2.0

slingbows

• Slingbows exist. Slingbow fishing is a thing as well.
• Frameless slingbow is an option as well, for a super minimal setup. [2]
  • This may be the simplest and quickest way to get started.
• To modify an arrow to carry a fishing line, drill a small hole near the nock