Float making.

[purplepeanut007]

I have not got round to making those yet myself.....looking forward to seeing them. ?

 

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P.B.River Irwell Grayling On New, Hardwood Stemmed Avons

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I had a small window today to christian one of my new ....
"Hardwood Stemmed Avon Floats".
Todays target fish was an Irwell Grayling, not the ghosts they once were but any winter coarse fish on the Irwell is a big ask !!!!!

Full right up and more pics on the blog. ?

 

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Bodied Wagglers Stained & Painted in Oak & Pale Grey

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Here is a set of seven
"Bodied Wagglers Stained & Painted in Pale Grey"
I have not made this pattern for quite a while and decided to make a new variant....for more pics hit the blog link above.

 

[hague01]

absolutely beautiful creations.

 

[purplepeanut007]

Quill & Pin.....An Evening Tench Session

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An early season tench session with Qill & Pin....more pics on the blog.

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[hague01]

I have decided to seek tench this next few months. My favourite fish. Not sure if you have noticed my Polaris chuntering but adding the frixon to current premier floats works a treat. Not pretty like yours but then neither am I.

 

[hague01]

Quill & Pin.....An Evening Tench Session

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An early season tench session with Qill & Pin....more pics on the blog.View attachment 20142View attachment 20143
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I like things I use to be out of the ordinary. I have for example 2 custom made torrix's which are totally unique. I am musing about a few of your creations fitted with a frixon but appreciate that may offend your sensibilities and or professional standing. I asked recently one professional float maker and I can still hear his piecing scream, decreasing of course as he ran/motored or trained away. Is it something you may consider.

 

[purplepeanut007]

Had a look at the frixons, quite easy to assemble a float from those

 

[purplepeanut007]

Dads & Lads Small Antennae Wagglers

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My Old Man AKA "Salford Pete"
has recently proffessed an interest in fishing some local Yorkshire pools. Last week we disgussed which two float patterns would be best for his style of fishing.

One Sunday evening after...............read the rest on the blog.

 

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Stone Grey, Antennae Wagglers

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Just fishished a set of 5AAA Stone Grey, Antennae Wagglers.
The above are the same size and weight as the previous set except the body is 100% grey apposed to 50%.....more pics and full write up on the bog......

 

[chrisjpainter]

For a while I worked on a wildlife reserve in Namibia. This little fella dropped one of its quills whilst bumbling around the yard of the research station. It's been sat in my drawer as a memento, but a few weeks back I finally did what I'd been threatening to do for a long time and turned it into a float. Not a terribly elaborate colour scheme, but it works well. It cocks at 2AAA, but I've been using it with 2g and fishing it with the lift method. First fish below, but it's since had its first double over pellet.

 

[purplepeanut007]

Small Antannae Bodied Waggled Christaning

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I had a few hours with John Derbyshire on a local pond hopefully to hook a few tench and christian the
"Small Antennae Waggler" I made a few weeks ago.
John was fishing the ...... more pics and full write up on the blog.

 

[purplepeanut007]

Finished these off a couple of weeks ago:
Float Tube
Barbel Sticks
Inseted Wagglers.

 

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Ultimate Ledger Floats - Sight Bob Wagglers.

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I don't really re-vamp floats but a request to build some wagglers from some ledger float fittings took my fancy.....read the rest on the blog.

 

[hague01]

Ultimate Ledger Floats - Sight Bob Wagglers.

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I don't really re-vamp floats but a request to build some wagglers from some ledger float fittings took my fancy.....read the rest on the blog.View attachment 22031View attachment 22033View attachment 22035View attachment 22037

They are something else Mike. I wonder!

 

[purplepeanut007]

What you wondering.....lol

 

[mikench]

Dont tempt me Alec. lovely floats and i bet you are-very pleased-with them.


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[hague01]

Arrived this morning Mike. Even better in the flesh than photo. Do I recall correctly that you said you use Polaris with a quiver? Never tried that. Not meeting Mark after all sadly.

 

[mikench]

I do and without any issues. The Silverlite, Parabolix, PI Carbonactive and a Greys Torreón so far. I have also used it with a Tryptich but you wouldn’t expect any issues with that. Out of interest I tried the balsa one and a newish no 2 and the former is as light and much better than the latter and with much improved visibility. The latter may have been unused because the others were not very good imo. They performed perfectly yesterday with my 10’ bomb rod and gentle lobs of about 25 yards or so. For telling you where your feeder is for firing in pellets, gb or maggots there is nothing else and I know one patch of water looks very much like another.

 

[hague01]

I will try a quiver rod. Stupidly thought it couldn't be done. The Avon I pick up Tuesday should be spot on for it too. That's it for me then. No more rods, not even as gifts! Enough!