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Why Run up the Hill When You Can Reel ‘Em In?

When fishing season meets sledding season, genius dads get creative!

Some dads see a problem, and some dads engineer a solution—especially when it means combining their love of fishing with a little winter fun. Not wanting to spend the day running up and down a hill retrieving his kids (and their sleds), this clever angler-dad decided to put his motorized reel to the test in a whole new way.

“They’re like a little halibut!”

With a little ingenuity, some strong fishing line, and the same reeling technique used to haul in trophy fish, he turned sledding into a hands-free, high-tech tow system—because why haul kids up a hill when you can reel them in like the catch of the day?

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