The HT Enterprises Ice Rigger works with your favorite ice rod/reel combo. The Ice Rigger acts like a traditional tip-up or trap with a flag that signals a bite. After dropping your bait/jig down the hole the rod can be placed in the tube and your line clipped in the release. When a fish bites, the flag is tripped alerting you to the bite. Then the rod is removed from the holding tube and the fish can be brought in like usual.