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

I am starting to get into the groove for the up and coming Tench season.😉 Below is a . . . . . . . . .  " Pearlescent, Feather inlayed, Glow In The Dark ( G.I.T.D. ) Tinca Stick " Finished in black purple and silver thread. I have also pearled the black cotton on the bottom two thirds of the float, gives quite a nice effect. 😁 What do you think ????? I am lucky enough to have found two local tench waters close to me over the past year, so, hopefully I will have some nice pictures to show you all in the coming weeks. Until the next time . . . . . TTFN Peanut If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats just hit the link. 😊 http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/handcrafted-floats-2017.html?m=1 http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/

After posting some pictures of my hand turned greenhart stems a very kind soul offered to send me some. . .  "Ekki " wood.  I must admit I have never heard of Ekki. I did a little research and it sounds just the job for some nice pacemaker stems Here is a link describing Ekki . . .  😊 http://www.wood-database.com/ekki/ It has a specific gravity of 1.06 which is very similar to greenhart and slightly lighter than lignum. Greenhart. http://www.wood-database.com/greenheart/ Lignum. http://www.wood-database.com/lignum-vitae/ I will be segmenting the block in the next few days into manageable, turnable pieces. I will post the finished stems when complete. Lets hope its as good as greenhart 😊 Until the next time . . .  TTFN . . . . http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/hand-crafted-floats-float-making-by.html?m=1 salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/

After turning my first greenheart stem I decided its length and shape best suited an avon style float. After a little thought as to were I would fish with it I added birch tip and a balsa body was shaped.  All three sections were then glued together forming the basic shape you see below. I have still not decided on any colours yet. . . . Lol Traditional. Modern. Or a blend of the two.. We shall see !!!!!!!!  😉 Part One. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/first-hard-wood-stem-to-come-off-lathe.html?m=1 Until the next time.......... TTFN 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. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/hand-crafted-floats-float-making-by.html?m=1 Join Salford Friendly Anglers for free and help us fight pollution. http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/

A New Page Of Floats For You All To Look At. 😊 Previous Float Page Link http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/hand-crafted-floats-float-making-by.html?m=1 Stick floats in metallic blue with a feather inlay Inverted segmented porcupine quills Inverted porcupine quills Body up sight bob wagglers Straight sarkanda wagglers Inserted and straight sarkanda wagglers A glow in the dark porcupine quill  I could not get a good shot of the inverted glow in the dark porcupine quill but here are some of the standard porcy pics Sarkanda reed inserted & straight wagglers. Glow in the dark porcupine quills. Two balsa stained river & still water straight wagglers. As promised s another pair of inserted wagglers with a new main body of thread, green is not my favourite colour but it seems tho work on this pair. 😄 Two more Inserted wagglers with black, violet, burgundy and gold whipping 😁 Just made this " Chunky Straight Waggler &