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

 Morning all, I used Stillwater Blues & Canal Greys almost exclusively in my later school years fishing on Pilsworth Bottom Ponds & Unsworth Fisheries. Looking back the freedom we had in the 1980's was great. I used to make a packed lunch, and a flask of coffee just before setting off at 03.00, spend all day on the lake, peddle home, catch the bus to bury to top up my bait and tackle supplies, then repeat. I wish I could do that now!!!!!   May be when retirement arrives!!!!! lol. Anyway, back to the floats .... The next three floats are a bit of an experiment. These are, "Stepped, Inserted Wagglers with Fine Tips" for silver fishing. Weight capacity for these three floats is approximately 4 BB plus or 1.6g ish each.  I have two main uses for these floats.  The first will be standard on the drop fishing in the summer months in ponds and lakes use smaller baits. The second will be once again, for on the drop fishing but this time on rivers.  When I ha...

Afternoon all, Just finished these three inserted wagglers in red, blue and black. I think these are my favourite floats to make as they can be decorated many different ways and used in multiple areas of fishing from ponds to big rivers. These are made with reed and hard wood stems, red, blue, white, paint with fluorescent red and orange tips. Threads used are black gold and blush gold finished with hand turned brass eyes. I will be making a rack of these of these over the Christmas period.....no idea of colour combinations yet 🤣 I will just go with the flow and see what happens. Hopefully getting on the river in the next few weeks so should have a few fishing blogs to load up. 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....

 Morning all, I have been trying to think of new colour combinations that work together. Green, yellow & red is not a combnation that readly springs to mind but after an hour free styling one evening I came up with this. I wasn't sure at first, nearly stripped them all and started again but after a while the colour scheme grew on me so I finished all four floats. Made with balsa & hardwood, white, red, green & fluorescent orange paints. Threads used were black and gold blush. All floats were finished off with a hand turned brass eye. I have had many good catches over the years on this style of float, mainly roach dace, bream and perch on rivers but it is equally at home on still waters for aditional species such as carp, tench and bream. 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-flo...

Morning all, Insert Wagglers must be the bread and butter float for a lot of anglers because of its versitility. Below are six I have just completed. All these floats take approximately  4 - 5 BB 0.8 - 1.0 g. I use mine for carp and tench in the margins early in the season. TTFN.      Peanut. Please subscribe if you would like regular updates of my adventures with the floats I make.  If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats click on the link below.      https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html?m=1     Join our club......Salford Friendly Anglers...........Its FREE   !!!!!!!  http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/   

I have recently completed this prial of ...... Inserted Yellow 50:50 Wagglers. Made with Sarkanda and hardwood these are a very vesitle pattern used for many different angling situations. I personally like usinging these on rivers with maggots or castors on the drop in the Summer and Autum. TTFN      Peanut. Please subscribe if you would like regular updates of my adventures with the floats I make.  If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats click on the link below.      https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html?m=1     Join our club......Salford Friendly Anglers...........Its FREE   !!!!!!!  http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/    ď  

 Morning all. This weeks offerings are . . . . " Inserted 50.50 Charcoal Sarkanda Wagglers " Made from some left over blanks, these floats are on the smaller side of the scale for general silver fishing or down the side for tench and carp. Paints used were white, fluorescent orange and charcoal. Threads used were black grey and gold. I have a few of these now so I will try them out this spring on my local commercial and hopefully get some fish and float pictures. TTFN      Peanut. Please subscribe if you would like regular updates of my adventures with the floats I make.  If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats click on the link below.      https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html?m=1     Join our club......Salford Friendly Anglers...........Its FREE   !!!!!!!  http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/