Ever Been Hooked? Ever Been Cut By Line?

[Preytorien]

I read some time back a quick health article about the benefits of applying honey to injuries like cuts, burns, blisters, etc. and observing that it healed the burn significantly faster than the same application of Neosporin.

I decided to give it a try this summer, I had a couple of incidents of being hooked and one instance of 10lb braid digging into my trigger finger (we can't have that now can we?).

So I applied honey, just a drop, then covered it with a Band-Aid

The results were impressive. It seemed to heal incredibly quickly, and I didn't experience any issue with scabbing like I would've otherwise. I was able to remove the bandage from the cut within just a few hours and it looked like nothing even happened.

Additionally, not related to fishing, I played an outdoor concert this summer for several hours straight, and my drumsticks caused me to get 4 or 5 blisters on the sides of my fingers, quite painful. But, applying the honey trick once again made a believer out of me.

Next time you get hooked, cut, or any other similar injury, try out honey. It seems to work.

Check this out....

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/antibiotic.html

[deaknh03]

Very nice! We use honey for any cuts or scrapes our kids get, and sore throats, as well as my allergies, it works great for all of these applications. Last spring, we had our oldest come home from school with conjuctivitis, then promptly gave it to our middle child. We did some research and came up with a mixture of honey and raw milk, that we gently warmed and put in the kids eyes every couple hours. By the end of the next day, neither child had any sign of the infection. We get our honey from the next town over, making sure it's local, especially for allergies.

[Hyrule Bass]

you couldnt just say pink eye? lol i had to google conjunctivitis

 

anyways, good info about the honey, thanks for sharing

[Sam]

Been hooked.

Been to doctor.

Had surgery to remove barb.

Carry tube of Neosporin with me when I go fishing.

Heard about honey but never tried it. Too sticky and it will attract bugs and flies.

Plus the fact that I am sweet enough!!!!

[slonezp]

Used to use honey on the kids wounds until one of them got brutally attacked by a honey badger and the other assulted by Winnie the Poo. It's Neosporin for us now.

[deaknh03]

Used to use honey on the kids wounds until one of them got brutally attacked by a honey badger and the other assulted by Winnie the Poo. It's Neosporin for us now.

Perhaps moving out of the hundred acre wood could have helped?

[OkobojiEagle]

Too much buzzing in my ears...

 

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[Preytorien]

Ha! Sam, I wondered who was going to say that first!

[slonezp]

The hardest ones to heal is the little line cuts when your hands are wet and your pulling a knot tight. May have to try this. Ive been super gluing.

A man I can respect. Electrical tape is my solution.

[deaknh03]

A man I can respect. Electrical tape is my solution.

I use concrete patch

[SirSnookalot]

Been hooked a number of times and can't count the times I've been cut by braid, honey sounds interesting.  

[aceman387]

When buying honey look for the raw unpasteurized form. It contains natural vitamins, enzymes, powerful anti oxidants and other natural nutrients that pasteurization destroys.

[CKFishin]

I've been cut by braid my share of times.

[Preytorien]

I've been cut by braid my share of times.

Yea, I had my first few experiences with braid cuts this year. One was really painful, went about 1/8in into my trigger finger.

 

The honey trick worked though. It was healed totally within about 12 hrs.

[CKFishin]

Yea, I had my first few experiences with braid cuts this year. One was really painful, went about 1/8in into my trigger finger.

 

The honey trick worked though. It was healed totally within about 12 hrs.

 

Yeah that first time when you look and the line is disapeared into a finger freaks ya out lol

[Preytorien]

You aren't kidding brother

[Bankbeater]

Cut many times by line.

[GeorgiaBassBros]

Been cut by braid so many i cant count, i get too annoyed by bandaids so they stay wet and take forever to heal. ill have to try the honey!

[Long Mike]

A little trick for you braid fishermen, and I'm one of them.  I carry a piece of 1" PVC pipe with me about 1' long.  If I need to take a hard bind on the braid to break off, I make a few wraps of the braid around the PVC and then give the line a tug.  Works like a charm and I never get cut.

 

On a side note, when I was very young, about five or six, when I was ill, my grandmother would feed me a concoction of honey and bourbon.  I don't know if it cured me, but I certainly slept better, much to her delight.   It took me sixty years to kick that bourbon habit.

[Dale Bryant]

Been cut by braid more times than I can count.  I've tried coconut oil and neosporin but not honey.  Thanks for the tip.

[Ratherbfishing]

Used to use honey on the kids wounds until one of them got brutally attacked by a honey badger and the other assulted by Winnie the Poo. It's Neosporin for us now.

 

Oh, bother!

[tnriverluver]

Happened just a few weeks ago while working on my boat at home.  52 y/o, first time for everything I guess

[Bluebasser86]

Been cut by my line a ton of times, always takes forever to heal and it seems like I'll re-cut it several times before it finally heals all the way. I might have to try that next time. 

[Jrob78]

I've never tried these but I've heard they work great for protecting fingers when cinching knots, especially when tying leaders.

 

http://www.histackleboxshop.com/Finger-Saver-Rings-by-Daiichi-Seiko-p/finger%20saver%20rings.htm

[SirSnookalot]

I like the concept of those saver rings, never tried them.