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

" Salford Pete " has just treated himself to a new camera. It is a Cannon EOS 1200D So,  of  course,  we straight in there taking pictures of Pearlescent Inlays.......lol I am trying to get across how the appear in direct sunlight. The pearlescent particles really jump out at you. I will periodically be adding photos to this page to , hopefully show you all cose ups of Pearlescent Inlays. A JAY FEATHER WITH A COBALT PEARLESCENT. 😊 Not a feathered pearlescrnt but the body of the Barbel Stick Floats has the pearlescent instead. I was worried it may look a little blingy but it is quite subtle. I like it. 😉 This is a Fully loaded Pellet Waggler with a Perlescent Blue effect. I took this with my phone camera. Can yoy dee a difference in picture quality ?

My Bobbers are becoming well travelled........!!!!!!!! JaySS has just returned from Thailand and was using  one of my bobbers for catching his live bait. I am over the moon with the pictures JaySS, thanks for taking the time out from your holiday to take some snaps for me. I really appreciate it pal. This is his email I received this morning : " Hi Mike.  I spent some time in Thailand with one of your floats seeking live bait, and generally passing the time when nothing was biting. So I coined the word ......  "Peanutting"    especially for messing about in the margins.  Hope you don't mind. So ( this may take more than one email )    I will attached a few photos of fish caught with one of your floats.   I also hooked 3 other fish  on 5 pound line and a 14's hook and miniscule baits, that took off for the horizon. At least 100 yards runs.    In all three cases I had brought them approximately half way back when something abraded t

  DO YOU MAKE THE GALLERY ??????? Luke Max has made the most of his session with an Inverted Porquipine Quill with this fanstatic Crucian. . . . . . . . . . . .  A brace of superb captures on a Mini 5BB  Avon by Nicholas Coulthurst. Well done Nick 👏 Perch 2lb 7oz Roach 1lb 8oz  Both on the pin to.  https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2022/08/small-fat-tipped-avons-for-shallows.html I have done well using the metal stem version on these floats.   https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2023/02/river-irwell-pb-on-new-mini-alloy-stem.html 😁 . . . . . . . . . . . .  Andrew Boyne with a quality, fin perfect roach from the Ribble. Hes using a very delicate loaded avon I made in 2019. Excellent for roach on maggot or caster. . . . . . . . . .  My mate Derek Kenyon AKA The Casterman doing what he does best, trotting on the Irwell., this time with an avon. Four chub, the best 4lb ish. . . . . . . . . . .  Adam with a lovely chub from Austria caught using a Heavy Inverted Tear Drop Avon. .