Purplepeanut007 PP007 FLOAT MAKING & FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

Morning all, Just completed are a pair of two fluted avons in light chocolate brown destined for the River Ribble. I will be prescent on the maiden voyge of one of these floats as they are for Dave Riley. We have been out together before on the Irwell a couple if times. Now it's his turned to take me on the River Ribble for a go at barbel and chub on the centerpin.  Give me a shout in the next few weeks Dave and we can arrange a date and time. Until the next time………. Peanut. If you would like to look at all of the hand crafted floats I make please click on the link below and it will take you to my float page. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html Join Salford Friendly Anglers for free and help us fight pollution. http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/

I managed a few hours bankside this midweek playing with my pin and a few small waggler floats I have been using for paste fishing. I must say it was red hot and I was thinking to myself.... "At least I will get a bit of a tan if nothing else"....lol 😆😆 The carp were all on the top for the first hour so all the action on the deck was with roach and bream. When the carp did get their heads down the action was frantic. The fish were not big, 3lb at the most but there is no better way to de-stress with the whole lake to myself. I did manage a small lone tench, the first of the season from this lake which made my day. 😁 Had a few nice roach on magic beens and corn.  Until the next time………. Peanut. If you would like to look at all of the hand crafted floats I make please click on the link below and it will take you to my float page. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html Join Salford Friendly Anglers for free and help us fight pol...

Afternoon all,  I have just been puttting the finishing touches on another pair of "Antennae Bodied Wagglers" This set are aimed at catching Tench and Crucians at a close to medium distance. I have recently been using these floats for paste and conventional maggot/worm fishing down the side and I must say they have performed very well so far,. The colour graduations on the float helping a great deal with bite detection.  Another pair have made without eyes so they may be attached via a rubber band or a silicone adaptor. Read the tench blog here. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2025/05/smash-and-grab-morning-tench-raid.html A coat of glow in the dark yellow was added to enable fishing past sunset. Until the next time………. Peanut. If you would like to look at all of the hand crafted floats I make please click on the link below and it will take you to my float page. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html Join Salford Friend...

 Morning all, I had a couple of hours free after work on Monday so toddled of to the nearest pond for a spot of paste fishing, as paste and sweetcorn is the only bait I have while working away, something I have never really done much of in the past and I am definately no expert. I decided to use a lifter style bodied antennea waggler as it has a nice long slim, mult-coloured tip so I can easy see it dancing around when fish start attacking the paste. Just to be out in the countryside after work is fantastic, catching a few fish on top is tonic for the sole. Here a a few picures of a modest 25lb plus catch consiting of Mirrors, F1's, roach and bream using a big lump of paste on a size 12 hook. I have a lot to learn about paste fishing, but we are all still learning arn't we. Any paste fishing advice welcome. 😊 Until the next time………. Peanut. If you would like to look at all of the hand crafted floats I make please click on the link below and it will take you to my float page. h...

 Morning all, Amongst other things, I have been stocking up on stick floats ready for the rivers openning on the 16th of June. I haven't put as much effort into going fishing the last couple years due to a number of factors which I wont go into. This season is going to be different, less float fiddling and more fishing is this years moto !!!!!!! I have plenty of inserted sticks for silver fishing now. I just need a few more Stepped Domed Sticks for fishing over depth on faster, deeper rivers and I am set. Slow running, deeper rivers will be the mainstay for this coming season and I have at least to hit, two at home and rwo at work but, as you all know, this can change depending on what kind of summer and autum we are going to have.. Below are some more .... "Inserted Stick Floats in Olive Green with Carbon Stems". The larger three are aproxolimately 10 no 4s with the shorter float coming in at 8 no 4s. All the stick floats below are in olive green, white and fluorescent o...