Making Traditional Fishing FloatsI

[Ray Roberts]

I recently finished this book by John Whitehouse. I bought it through Amazon for £13.99. It’s well written and if you are into float making or want to get into it then you will find it both interesting and useful. I found the parts on making some of the double ended quill floats and paper floats particularly of interest. I tend to use more modern materials but I will definitely have a crack at some of these.

I deliberately didn’t post this in the review section as it gats spammed to death by a certain Hawaiian chap, who posts reviews for profit. Incidentally you can block him on here and not have to endure it.

 

[@Clive]

Those double ended quills that you mention Ray are described in a book written by William Samuel in The Arte of Angling, 1577. He sometimes inserted a glow worm in the top section for night fishing and describes how to cut the quills so as to form a line clip at both ends.

JW Martin who wrote as the Trent Otter in the mid 19th century also used double ended quills on the Trent. Back then they used swan, pelican and golden eagle feathers to make their floats.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look out for that book.