Life Hacks - Arc Light

With Sean "Bear" Forward

As a fly tier myself and someone who’s vision isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, I was always on the lookout for a way to make things easier. The trouble with most traditional light sources is that cast in a single direction and with our flies and vices being 3D can mean we are competing with shadows at different times.

The challenge has always been to get a light that can cover all angles and not be too bulky. As such, the arc light was born.

The spark for the arc light came from a modelling forum via Pinterest. The biggest issue to me was to be able to make it portable to put it away, light way easy to set up, but most of all it must be effective.

In the end I used light ali flat bar and fixed it to ali angle all screwed into a spare bit of pine I had. The light and power source were purchased from eBay meaning the whole kit cost less than $30.00. For a full breakdown, check out my YouTube video: 

Well, I hope you got at least something out of this and feel free to share more with us by emailing them to me at bear@roaminangler.com.au. You can also catch me at https://www.facebook.com/groups/BreamOnFly/ Tight lines and more soon.