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

 Happy New Year All. This quartet are my last floats of 2023. Inserted 50:50 Small Camo Green Wagglers + Heavy Hardwood Stem Irwell Sticks. The wagglers will mainly be used for tench at close quarters, the sticks for bigger baits on faster, shallow river stretches. Wagglers are Sarkanda and the sticks are balsa, all with hardwood stems. I have looked at the river many times overr the  Christmas period without finding a decent period to fish. Lets hope the new year is a little more clement. Tight lines and Happy New Year. 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/   

 Hi all, Here are some additions for my trip to the Wye next summer. The floats below are  "5AAA Hardwood Stem Irwell Sicks" Finished in balsa with a harwood stem, black / gold threads with charcoal, white paints plus fluorescent orange tips. I have made the above for swims with a more powerful flow than normal and are capable of suspending big pieces of bread meat and paste and will be a welcome addition to mine and Johns float box. 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/   

 Hi all, Below are a pair of..... Mini-Irwell Sticks, one grey, one green. I love these floats for fishing small rivers and streams where three feet is a good depth. The floats below do not take a lot of shot, approximately 4 no 4s and are at their best fished shirt button style in up to four feet of water. Some captures on Irwell Sticks. 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 promissed Dion I would make him a quartet of ...... Hunter Green Irwell Sticks...... Slightly different sizes as requested, two with feather inlays and two signed with his name on. The four stick floats are made with balsa, an alloy stem, black/ gold whippings, red/pink fluorescent tips and a game feather. Sorry I couldn't get them to you before the end of the season pal but at least you have something to look forward to at the begining of the new season. 😁 Dion will be using these mainly on the Bollin but also the middle Mersey. I personally love using these when wadding fishing the just off the rod tip for maximum control. Designed for shallow fishing on faster runs these floats should serve him well next season and I am fully expecting some fish and float caputures of him in June. The pressure is on Dion.....LOL 😆😆😆😆😆😆 May be we can orgainise a session together soon on the Old River or later on the Bollin or the Mersey Dion? TTFN      Peanut. Please subscribe if you wo