Winter fishing is a lot of positive emotions that can be diluted with some of the negative emotions associated with weather conditions. It is not difficult to imagine what kind of discomfort the angler feels when there is frost, and even wind, which intensifies the feeling of cold. The wind may not be big, but it can bring a lot of problems. If you have a winter tent for fishing, then some of the problems can be reduced to zero.

The presence of a tent allows you to increase the total time spent by the angler on the reservoir in the winter. Moreover, you can easily raise the temperature in the tent to the plus mark, which will allow the fisherman to feel very comfortable.

Depending on the design features, winter tents are subdivided into specific models.

These are the simplest designs that are easy to assemble and install. To make the frame of such a tent, you should use strong but lightweight materials. As an awning for covering, synthetic fabrics or their combinations with a tarpaulin are more suitable.

The design is designed in such a way that the frame acts as a spring, which assumes the desired shape when it is released from the package. They are quite popular due to their simplicity of design and lightness. Despite this, these tents have a number of disadvantages. Firstly, they are unstable against strong winds, and secondly, it is not so easy to fold it. Therefore, going fishing, you will have to practice before that. It unfolds itself, but without skills, it will be very difficult to fold it and if you overdo it, you can break it.

This tent consists of several folding arches and an awning that covers this frame. We can safely say that this is the same simple option, but it takes a long time to assemble and disassemble. In addition, it is not particularly durable. Therefore, anglers rarely acquire such a design.

Tent for winter fishing should protect the angler from wind, frost and precipitation. Not only that, there should be enough resting space in the tent so that you can cook lunch or just drink tea to get extra warmth.

In specialized retail outlets, you can buy any tent, especially since the assortment is very large. Whatever it was, but some of the anglers make them on their own, taking into account all the requirements. In addition, who, if not fishermen, know what kind of tent is required. Moreover, not all factory-made models meet the requirements of winter fishing enthusiasts.

A homemade tent should be:

• quite lightweight and compact;
• mobile so that you can easily move around;
• Covered in dense but breathable fabric;
• easy to install and dismantle;
• durable and strong, and also keep warm for a long time.

To work, you will have to stock up on such tools.

Most tents made by anglers themselves fit in fishing box... By the way, you can also make the box yourself, which is what many fishermen do, although you can buy it. In addition to the box, you will need the following accessories:

• two pairs of skis, one for children, one for school;
• tube. In this case, it can be ski poles;
• unnecessary clamshell;
• thick fabric, such as tarpaulin.

At first glance, how can you build a tent from such a set of elements? But, nevertheless, such a construction proved that it has the right to life. The end product fits into a fishing box, which is very easy to transport over ice. The structure is quick and easy to assemble and just as easy to move on ice in working order.

The only negative is that there is little space in it. But if you approach the problem constructively, then there is an opportunity to solve it and increase the volume of the tent. Paradoxically, it protects from the cold, and this is the main thing.

Judging from the drawings, the tent is mounted on skis, which simplifies its installation on the ice. Regular tents require special anchorage. In addition, skis allow you to move the entire structure around the reservoir countless times. As a rule, winter fishing is not limited to one pierced hole - there can be ten, or even more, and each hole has to be fished.

The only thing is that it is problematic to use it in the presence of a strong wind, since it is installed on skis, the wind will be able to move it around the reservoir on its own. In this case, you can trick and use the force of the wind to move it. The main thing is to properly drill the holes.

Despite the fact that this design was born a long time ago, many anglers have tested it in the harsh winter conditions.

How to make a tent with your own hands

• The ski poles act as a frame and are installed vertically. Horizontal tubes should be thinner. At the corners, the frame is connected using tees, the diameter of which must match the diameter of both vertical and horizontal pipes.
• The next step is to attach the vertical tubes to the skis. A metal plate is attached to the ski, into which a tongue in the letter T is inserted, attached to the lower end of the tube. To secure the stick, it is enough to turn it at an angle of 90 degrees.
• Two sticks are prepared from the old clamshell, which will connect the frame to the box. A bent tube is taken, at the end of which there is a docking station. At the other end of the tube there is a latch, which serves as a fastening element for the docking station.
• A copper strip is used to make a spring that connects the box to the tubes.
• In conclusion, it remains to pull the awning. At the bottom of the awning, metal strips with holes are attached. Clamps attached to the ends of the skis are pulled into these holes. The awning is connected with staples using ropes. For stable behavior of the tent on ice, it is equipped with two anchors.

How to make fasteners

If the tent is not fixed on the ice, then it will move in any direction with the slightest movement, especially in the presence of wind. Therefore, you need to make special pegs, at the end of which there is a thread. For this purpose, long and strong self-tapping screws are suitable, the top of which is bent in the form of a hook. By the way, hooks with threads of any size are on sale in hardware stores.

How to sew a tent with your own hands

Alternatively, you can make a tent in the form of a house. To make it you need to take:

• 14 sq. meters.
• Washers made of metal, with a diameter of 1.5 mm in the amount of 20 pcs.
• Braided rope, up to 15 m long.
• Narrow tape, about 9 m long.
• Litter fabric, rubberized within 6 m.

Such a tent can accommodate one or even two people. First of all, you need to prepare two pieces of fabric, measuring 1.8x0.9 m. Marks are made on the side of 1.8 m every 65 centimeters. The same is done with the other (0.9 m) side. The fabric should be cut at the connection points to form the entrance and the back wall of the tent.

The diagram shows the implementation of further work in stages. Most importantly, all parts must be stitched securely. Use tape to reinforce the seams. There are times when the tent is sewn from ordinary fabric. In case of bad weather, a plastic wrap is used, which is able to protect against wind and precipitation. Metal rings are sewn into the fabric for fastening. As a rule, they are placed at the bottom of the awning, as well as in the places where the fabric is attached to the frame.

Setting up a tent on a pond

Assembling a homemade ski tent takes a minimum of useful time:

1. The skis, on which the tongues are attached, are connected to the halves of the tubes parallel to the skis. They should point towards the inside of the tent.
2. Each pair of curved tubes is threaded through special holes located on the ski racks.
3. The skis are connected to each other so that a rectangle is obtained.
4. A fishing box is installed on the structure prepared in this way.
5. Vertical racks are installed at the ends of each ski. There should be four of them.
6. Tees are taken and the roof is formed with the help of them. They are installed on each upright.
7. With the help of horizontal tubes, the frame is finally formed.
8. A fabric is thrown onto the frame, which is attached to the frame with short ropes.

A similar tent is disassembled in reverse order... If each structural element is numbered, then the assembly and disassembly process will take a little less precious time.

Heating a winter tent is an extremely important topic. The possibility of fishing in the cold season and its result directly depend on the heat inside the fishing shelter. In this review article, we tried to collect all the known options for heating a tent for winter fishing - with the obligatory indication of the disadvantages and advantages of each of them. With all that, we checked and evaluated some of the methods personally, which will also be mentioned in the following story.

Solid fuel mini oven

Long gone are the days when modern portable gas stoves did not exist, and stoves were rare. Fishermen at that time used homemade mini-stoves to heat winter tents - welded from sheet iron, or hastily welded from some metal containers. Such stoves were usually fired with wood, although other solid fuels, such as coal, could be used.

One of my acquaintances is a railway worker, in the world - an inveterate breeder, in the late 80s he regularly fished in our surrounding water bodies - the city pond of Revda, etc. He heated his tent with a homemade coal stove. According to his reviews - "it was fried so that it was sitting in a T-shirt."

There were a great many designs of these stoves. At this point, as they say - who was good at what. However, the principle was the same everywhere - a firebox, a stand (so as not to melt the ice) and a chimney that went out through a special hole in the wall of the tent, edged with a non-combustible material like fiberglass. Simply put - a miniature potbelly stove.

At the present time, mini-ovens have been supplanted from everyday life by more efficient and compact fixtures for heating the tent. However, this does not mean at all that no one is heating the tent with firewood. In rural areas, especially in some villages far from cities, this is still a very popular method, sometimes the only possible one.

• Pros: cheap or free fuel, good heating value.
• Minuses: the cumbersome structure, complete uselessness in the absence of firewood in the fishing area, the need for a large amount of fuel (the aforementioned acquaintance dragged an average bucket of coal on a fishing trip). In addition, I had to periodically throw firewood into the stove, distracting from fishing.

Primus

With the advent of "lights", "bumblebees" and other gasoline burners, wood-burning stoves began to gradually fade into the background. And for a rather long period of time, fishing tents were heated with primus. Even now, there are still many adherents of this method.

On several fishing trips I had a chance to use the rather popular Dastan kerosene stove. I will say this: power. Probably - this is the warmest way of heating a winter tent, and even a preliminary fuss with lighting a primus, as well as some stench of fuel does not overshadow this fact.

• Pros: compactness, excellent heating value.
• Minuses: complexity to use. And to this day, there are legends about the "reliability" of primus stoves, but here - again - it all depends on the manufacturer, the specific model and the specific product. For example - imported stoves are quite well made, like some Soviet ones.

Oil burners (multi-fuel)

In fact, these are the same stoves, only a high-tech version. They are devoid of most of the shortcomings of "bumblebees", and you can also use any scatterers-afterburners with them (which you can't put on a regular primus), thereby increasing their efficiency.

• Pros: excellent calorific value, versatility in terms of the fuel used.
• Minuses: high price.

Gas stove with 5 liter propane cylinder

Another old proven method of heating a tent, which is still in full use today. If the balloon is left on the street - the tile itself takes up very little space.

A fisherman friend of mine has been using such tiles for a long time, and does not blow his mustache.

• Pros: long work from one gas station, excellent calorific value (the models available on the market are very powerful), greater reliability and safety in comparison with kerosene stove.
• Minuses: the bulkiness of the structure and its increased weight, the likelihood of gas freezing in severe frosts (especially if the cylinder was not pure propane, but its mixture with other gases).

Gas stove or heater on disposable cylinders

They appeared relatively recently and gained good popularity. They could even supplant other methods of heating tents, if not for one significant drawback, about which - just below.

The author of this article actively uses a gas heater (with a capacity of the order of a kilowatt) for winter fishing, and knows fishermen who are also heated by similar equipment. Previously, I had to use tiles more than once - they heat very well.

The same category could include and gas lamps, however, their calorific value leaves much to be desired, therefore, if they are suitable for heating a winter tent, then only during mild cold weather.

• Pros: compactness, you can also add affordable and relatively inexpensive fuel here.
• Minuses: the main one is the probability of gas freezing even in light frosts (thin-walled cartridges are designed for gas mixtures with a lower vapor pressure, evaporating at higher temperatures). How to deal with this is written in. In addition, some tiles and heaters are very limited in power, which somewhat reduces their efficiency during severe frosts.

Paraffin candles

The power of one candle is about 40 watts / hour. Not such a small indicator. It turns out that four dozen candles may well compete in terms of heat generated with a portable gas heater.

The author of these lines more than once had to heat a fishing tent with ordinary candles. We can say with confidence that this method works great in mild frosts with the correct number of candles: the holes do not freeze, and it is quite comfortable in the tent.

• Pros: lighting, simplicity, no need for additional equipment.
• Minuses: low power (the stronger the frost, the more candles you need).

Dry fuel

Some types of dry fuel, for example “dry alcohol” tablets, burn for 10-15 minutes without soot and odor. The specific heat of combustion of this fuel is 30 mJ / kg, which corresponds to 8.3 kilowatts. You can go further and calculate the "power" of one tablet. It is approximately 332-498 Wh. Therefore, dry fuel can be used to heat a winter tent.

One of my friends, a fisherman, once had a chance to heat a tent with dry fuel during a winter fishing trip (on the river), but not anyhow, but during an overnight stay. We took a lot of pills with us - several packs, but only three were needed for heating. It was not possible to freeze on that night (considering that outside the thermometer did not drop below -10 ° C). As well as proper sleep.

• Pros: high calorific value, ease of use.
• Minuses: the need to be distracted every 15-20 minutes to ignite a new tablet. It is possible that this problem would be solved by a special stove, where several tablets could be loaded at once, and then "stretch" the process of their combustion, limiting the supply of oxygen. However, so far no one has invented it.

Alcohol

The specific heat of combustion of alcohol is 27 mJ / kg, which is almost two times less than that of natural gas, but it is quite enough to use alcohol as fuel for a tent heater. And some fishermen - who have constant access to stocks of this substance - do just that, using home-made alcohol lamps from tin cans as a heater. Nevertheless, most anglers consider this approach to be unreasonably wasteful, if not even blasphemy, and it is understandable for what reason.

• Pros: good heating value.
• Minuses: relatively high cost of fuel, or difficulty in purchasing it.

The fisherman himself

The human body, it turns out, can also be regarded as a heater. IN calm state it emits an average of 60 watts of heat per hour. Therefore, with a slight "minus" - after setting up the tent - the holes usually stop freezing, and a heater is not required.

• Pros: nothing extra is needed.
• Minuses: low power, sufficient only for "warm" winter weather.

The sun

To some, this item will seem even more frivolous, but in fact the sun's rays have a very high calorific potential. Especially when you consider the fact that during the winter in our hemisphere, the Earth is at the closest distance to the Sun.

On clear, windless days - even in 30-degree frosts - you can notice the appearance of icicles on dark objects partially covered with snow. This is due to the fact that the sun heats them up to a low above-zero temperature, at which the snow begins to melt. And the temperature difference here clearly exceeds 30 degrees, which is quite a lot.

The sun also slightly warms up the fishing tent, though with a very meager part of the heat of its rays. And the lion's share of this heat is dissipated into the outer space - due to the reflection from the fabric and its cooling by the constantly circulating cold air outside.

Somehow it is necessary to direct the solar heat into the inside of the tent, but at the same time minimize its return to the outside. The prospects for this heating method are obvious, and it is quite feasible even with modern technologies. But so far there are no practical developments in this direction. Who will do it?

• Pros: free energy.
• Minuses: uselessness in cloudy weather and at night. Well, as mentioned above - at the moment, the full use of solar heat to heat a winter tent is just a theory. But in practice, it turns out that in sunny weather we have a small bonus - five degrees to the main source of heating, be it a stove, primus stove, burner, or a heater.

And accessories can be found in a fairly rich assortment of tents, but if desired, they can be made from improvised means.

How to do it correctly is our article.

Application of tents in recent times has become quite popular. And all thanks to the desire of fishermen to improve the comfort of fishing in bad weather conditions. Tents have gained the greatest popularity, since frosts complicate the long-term expectation of a bite from a person sitting over the hole.

Requirements for a homemade tent

The main purpose is to create favorable conditions for fishing in snowy or windy weather. In addition, a place appears where it is more convenient to cook food, drink tea and warm up using special heating devices.

You can, of course, purchase such a tent (especially since the choice is huge now), but it is better to make it.
During self-sewing, you need to pay Special attention for such moments:

• The tent should be light, compact and mobile as it has to be carried over long distances during site selection.
• The fabric is selected dense. It is better if it is waterproof (for example, tarpaulin).
• The tent should be quickly deployed and easy to set up.
• It is not recommended to use plastic material for the manufacture of the frame, but the aluminum frame turns out to be quite strong.
• The tent should be warm.

Types of structures

There are different designs of tents. The most common are three varieties:

1. An umbrella-shaped tent is made using duralumin rods or tubes. Any synthetic fabrics are suitable for an awning covering (sometimes combined use in combination with a tarpaulin is possible). The result is a fairly rigid and sturdy construction.
2. An auto-reshaping tent is less common than umbrellas. The peculiarity of this design is the ability to roll the fabric sewn to the frame into a circle.
3. A tent with a frame in the form of 2-3 arcs made of duralumin or fiberglass, which are laid out on the spot. Then an awning is pulled over them.

The geometric shape of the tent can be any: triangular, trapezoidal, in the form of a sphere or a cube. It all depends on the taste of the fisherman himself.

Details for a homemade tent

The details that will be needed to make a tent can be taken from available tools:

• a pair of the smallest children's skis or school skis (up to 1.6 m long);
• duralumin tubes (you can use ski poles);
• old unnecessary clamshell;
• awning waterproof fabric.

Making a homemade fishing tent

You can assemble the structure in the following sequence:

1. A frame made of duralumin ski poles is mounted in two steps: first, vertical posts are installed, and horizontal tubes (thinner than vertical ones) are attached to them. The top of the tent is assembled from tees ending in 5 cm long cylinders. The diameter of the cylinders must be the same as that of the connecting tubes.
2. The lower ends of the vertical tubes are attached to the skis. There is a T-shaped tongue at the bottom of the tube. It needs to be inserted into a metal plate that is attached to the ski. Then the tube is rotated 90 degrees.
3. The frame of the tent is connected to the box. For this, two tubes bent at the ends from an unnecessary clamshell are used. A docking product is attached to one end, and a latch is installed at the other end. It is she who, when docked, falls with the tongue into the hole on the other bent tube.
4. The connection of the box to the tubes is carried out using strips made of steel or copper, attached to the posts.
5. Tensioning of the awning is possible due to the metal plates with slots installed on the lower edge. U-shaped staples pass through them, which must be driven into the side ends of the skis. The connections are secured with shoe laces.
6. Setting up the tent is possible with two anchors - pocket knives with a double-sided blade.

Accessories for comfortable fishing

To increase comfort in a homemade tent in winter time various devices are used. One of them is a special tent floor. It is better to make such a flooring from a material with low thermal conductivity (for example, polyethylene foam) not thinner than 15 mm.

The chosen floor thickness is based on two requirements.

Firstly, so you can protect yourself from melting ice under your feet.

Secondly, at temperatures over 20 degrees below zero, the floor will add comfort.

While fishing in a tent in winter, it becomes necessary to heat the inner space. Resourceful anglers get their heat from homemade or commercially available heating devices. The use of candles is advisable at temperatures up to 15 degrees below zero.

If it gets colder, then this method is ineffective and will not allow you to warm up the space inside the tent. The use of dry fuel is possible even with the use of homemade coasters made from cans. However, when dry fuel is burned for a long time, a large amount of carbon monoxide is released. In this regard, you often have to ventilate the tent, and this is unlikely to help keep warm.

There are also a variety of natural gas or solid fuel heaters. Just keep in mind that these devices are quite bulky and heavy. They can be applied only if they are delivered to the reservoir by car.

In fact, there is a great variety of various designs of tents, and there is a wide field for imagination. The shape of a fishing shelter can be absolutely any: both rounded and acute-angled. The design is selected based on the capabilities and availability of the necessary materials.

The main thing to keep in mind is the lightweight design and compact view when disassembled. After all, the possibility of manual transfer over a long distance should be preserved when searching for a place on a body of water. When setting up your tent, pay attention to which side the wind is blowing from. Position the tent so that the exit and ventilation openings are on the side perpendicular to the wind.

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Many anglers who are fond of winter fishing are interested in the question of how to make a good tent with their own hands. In this article we will talk about why this accessory is needed, consider possible designs and alternative options.

Appointment

The main purpose of the tent is to protect the angler from the adverse effects of the environment. In our case, it is snow, wind and cold.

Thick snow clogs the hole, makes it difficult to register a bite and covers everything around. And if you add wind and cold to this, then fishing turns from pleasure into torment. Another function is protection from onlookers. Strange as it may sound, but if you fish on a pond with a lot of fishing pressure, then the presence of such a protective tent will be very important even in mild weather. In addition to annoying interlocutors, you will also get rid of unwanted neighbors. Many anglers, during the absence of biting, actively monitor the reservoir for the presence of fish from their colleagues... During such periods, smaller fishing towns may gather around the more successful anglers. A tent can not only shelter you from the weather, but also other anglers if you want to.

Constructions

There are many design options. Which one is best to use depends on how often you change your fishing spot. If you intend to sit in one place all the time, then tourist tents with tension lines are quite suitable for you. For fishing, you need structures that are quickly assembled and do not have heavy weight.

Stationary

To make such a shelter with your own hands, you need to install a frame and pull an awning over it. A collapsible structure of various layouts can be used as a frame. The awning is fixed both on the racks themselves and with pegs hammered into the ice. It can be sewn with your own hands from a tarpaulin or other dense material that does not blow through and does not get wet. The awning needs to be made a little larger than required. The bottom edge of the awning should lie on ice (about 15-25 centimeters). This area is covered with snow, which prevents the tent from blowing from below. This shelter is used primarily for night fishing, which implies fishing in one place.

Easy to install

Tents of this type represent an awning into which rods from spring steel are sewn. These rods keep the tent open. The arrangement of the rods can be hemispherical, cubic, or triangular. The latter is the easiest to do, but it has the smallest internal volume, which can cause inconvenience when fishing.

It is better to sew an awning with your own hands from nylon or nylon. The tarpaulin will no longer work here, since it has a lot of weight. Such a tent is quick to set up and easy to transport.

On the sled base

A sled is an irreplaceable thing for winter fishing. They can also be used as a tent base. On the sled, you can mount a rectangular frame with aluminum or plastic pipes, on which an awning will be put on. For convenience, the frame can be made collapsible... Such a shelter can be transported assembled.

A more complex option is a folding fan-type design. This mechanism is also used in strollers for the drop-down visor. In this case, the awning is attached to a set of U-shaped pipes. Folding frame based on sleds - great option for anglers who actively move around the reservoir in search of prey. Do-it-yourself installation of such a tent will take no more than 20 seconds.

Panel house

If you are a car owner and love the comfort of fishing, you can make a do-it-yourself shelter from plywood or chipboard sheets. But there will be a fishing house sooner. You will need 6 sheets with pre-cut holes for windows, doors and holes. Sandwich panels can be made, which consist of two sheets of plywood and an insulator. Such panels have good thermal insulation properties, and their use in your house will provide the comfort of its inhabitants.

Alternatives

Oilcloth

If you do not have a tent, then you can use the most ordinary oilcloth. In this case, the fisherman himself serves as a frame. It should be said that this this option is not suitable for those who like very active sweeping, because with such movements the oilcloth will fly off. As a stand, you can use an ice ax or an ice pick stuck into the ice. The bottom edge of the oilcloth must be bent inward and fixed with improvised items.

You can also sew a large bag from oilcloth with your own hands, which is put on the angler.

Such a shelter greatly impedes the movement of the angler and is not suitable for fishing with a balance beam.

The pluses include minimum cost and very fast installation. This is a great option for winter fishing enthusiasts who do not sit still and do not want to spend money on purchasing or making a more expensive shelter.

Tourist

If you have a camping tent, you can also use it for winter fishing. It is very good if it has a bottom. To use such a shelter for winter fishing, it is necessary to modernize it - make a U-shaped cutout at the bottom, through which access to the holes will open. We also recommend stitching a zipper into it. Tourist tents are less expensive than specialized fishing tents, and they can also be used for outdoor recreation.

If you plan to fish at night, then feel free to install a stationary shelter, but before that, inspect the ice for gullies that can reach your parking lot by morning. For lovers of fishing with a balance beam, a fan-type design, made by hand on the basis of a sled, is perfect. If you do not want to spend extra money - a bag with oilcloth is just for you.

Winter tent for fishing with your own hands. How to make a tent with your own hands! A comfortable and spacious tent is one of the most important attributes for winter fishing. You simply cannot do without it. Often, while waiting for a bite, fishermen have to spend hours in severe frost and wind. It is good if there is a tent nearby, in which you can periodically warm up. But what about those who cannot acquire it? After all, this pleasure is not cheap. Today we will tell you how to make a tent with your own hands. This process does not require special skills and knowledge. Types of Winter Fishing Tents First you need to decide on a suitable design. Let's list the main types of tents: Umbrella. For the manufacture of the frame, duralumin rods or tubes are used. The finished structure has rigidity and increased strength. Any synthetic fabric is suitable as an awning. They are often used in combination with tarps. Automatic tent. This option is not as common as the previous one. Distinctive feature the design consists in the fact that the tent is sewn to an elastic frame, and then folded into a circle. Wireframe on arcs. This model consists of 2-3 arcs made of fiberglass or duralumin. The structure quickly unfolds in place. An awning is pulled over it. What shape can a winter fishing tent have? Cube, triangle, trapezoid and so on. The choice is yours. What requirements should a self-made tent for winter fishing meet? First things first. Main function tents - to protect a person from adverse weather conditions (wet snow, strong wind). It also increases the comfort of fishing. While under the awning, you can prepare food and tea, as well as warm yourself using special heating devices. Of course, there are all kinds of winter fishing tents on sale. The photos attached to this article prove to us that homemade designs are no worse than store ones. So, to the point. What should you pay special attention to when sewing such an important attribute? A winter tent for fishing, made by hand, must meet the following requirements: 1. Have a lightweight, compact and mobile design. This is understandable. Some fishermen would rather be freezing for a few hours than carrying an extra load. 2. Unfolding quickly and easy to install. 3. It is advisable that a winter tent for fishing with your own hands was made of thick tarpaulin or waterproof fabric. 4. A truly durable frame is made of aluminum and composite materials... But it is not recommended to use plastic. 5. The inside of the tent must be kept warm. It would be nice to achieve this without heating appliances (portable, gas, and others). But this is utopia ... What materials and tools do you need? A DIY winter tent for fishing is a great solution that will save you a lot of money. We propose to assemble a fairly simple structure. It is about a tent based on a standard box, which can be purchased at a fishing store. We will also need: one pair of children's (very small) and school skis (up to 160 cm long); several duralumin tubes (you can remove them from ski poles); old clamshell; waterproof fabric (will be used as an awning). DIY winter tent for fishing: instructions All necessary materials and the tools are prepared. Now you can move on to the practical part: 1. Take duralumin ski poles. We will make vertical tubes of the frame from them. As for the horizontal tubes, they should be slightly thinner. The upper joints of the ribs of the future tent are made in the form of tees, which end in cylinders (length 5 cm). It is very important that the diameter of the cylinders is the same as that of the pipes to be connected. 2. We proceed to fixing the lower ends of the vertical tubes to the skis. A shaped lock plays the main role here. At the lower end of the tube, we find a T-shaped tongue, and then carefully insert it into a metal plate attached to the ski. It remains to turn the tube 90 degrees. 3. To connect the frame of the tent with the box, we use 2 duralumin tubes bent at the ends from the old folding bed. The end of the docking piece must be secured to the end of the folded tube. At its other end, we install a latch, which, during docking, with its tongue will fall exactly into the hole on the second bent tube. 4. The box will be connected to the tubes mentioned above using the round eyes on the ski racks. They can be made from copper or steel strip and then attached to the posts. 5. Now you need to pull the awning. Place metal plates with slots on the lower edge of the material. It is through these slots that the U-shaped staples driven into the side ends of the skis will pass. We fix the connections with the shoe laces. To keep the tent well on the ice, you need to equip it with anchors (2 pieces). Each such anchor is a pocket knife with two blades at the ends. Assembling the tent on site Making a winter tent is only half the battle. It is necessary to assemble and install it correctly. The algorithm of actions is as follows: 1. We connect the halves of the bent tubes with skis. The tongues should fit into the slots of the plates. The tubes are positioned along the ski axis and then rotated 90 degrees. 2. We pass the ends of each pair of tubes through the lugs on the ski racks. 3. Connect all 4 skis. The bent pipe lock tab should snap into place. 4. We proceed with the installation of the box. 5. We carry out the installation of 4 vertical racks at the ends of the skis. 6. Now you need to install tees on the ends of the pipes, and then connect them to the roof pipes. 7. Align the holes of the tubes and tees. Installation wires will pass through them. 8. Pull the awning onto the frame. We pass carbines and plates through the staples and tongues on the skis. We fix the connections with laces. 9. At the end of the process, attach the anchors and install them in the previously prepared holes. Conclusion Now you know how to make a tent with your own hands, what materials and tools are required for this. By following the guidelines and instructions described above, you will be able to create a stable and reliable structure.