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

 Morning all, I have just finished twenty... Wooden Line Winders For Medium to Large River Floats. I got sick of the plastic ones cracking/ breaking so decided to make some of my own. Not as artistic as making a float but very practical/ usefull. I make some fancy ones next year if I get time. 😁 These are quite deep on one side to fit larger bodied avons and stick floats as the middle peg is set deeper to accommodate a larger body size. All the winders below are made of both soft and hardwoods, stained , lacquer finished then signed. Here is how the winders look with some of my largest river floats on. 3AAA Avon 3 Swan Barbel Stick 2 Swan Cocobolo Harwood Stemed Heavy Stick Float. These should stand me in good stead for the coming winter but have started some more just incase as I know Salford Pete will want some...lol. 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 o

 Morning all, On these latest stickfloats I have elongeted the tip which will increases sensitivity, decrease its weight capacity and also also give the float a different look which Im quite pleased about. The floats below are not a matching set as I am still playing around with weight capacites. Stained in oak with white/fluorescent orange tips, black, violet and rose gold whippings these floats will be tucked up in my box ready for a session on a the Ribble and may be a few more local Rivers. I'm looking forward to a little roach and chub fishing with these.  Autum and winter is my time to fish as in the summer months I am usually to busy with work and family. Casterman, get hold of Ribble Pete and we can have a session at that place you mention. 😊 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

 Hi all, After looking in my float boxes I discovered a distinct lack of stick floats. (No surprise there hey lads.....lol) So a quick session on the lathe and I had a few bodies in hand for decoration. The first pair are heavy, made for shallow....ish fast runs and bigger baits, worm, bread, pellet etc.  Balsa was chosen for the body and alloy for the stem. I find the alloy stems gives me the best balance in the faster water. The bodies are stained chestnut brown, threads used where: Black Gold  Burgundy & Grey   I have made similar models to these before but longer in stem and body. In my huge collection of unfinished floats I did find a small unfinished body for a really shallow water stick.....a grayling float to be honest so.......I finished that one in metallic pearlescent blue, threads for this one where: Black Gold &  Red These smaller versions taking 5 No 4's and are just the job for really shallow runs for grayling, chub and barbel using small baits such as maggot

Various stick floats for most of my river conditions. From top to bottom: STD Maggot / Caster Meat Pellet and Paste  STD Maggot / Caster Shallow Maggot / Caster Shallow Maggot / Caster All floats are finished in Metallic Pearlescent Blue & Metallic Green All turned in balsa on my lathe in the workshop. 😁   With a wide alloy stem with gives the float great balance I will have some time to my self soon so I will be writing a few fishing  posts, hopefully using one or two of these probably on the Irwell Ribble and Mersey. I may even try the Tame and Goyt Stay tuned folks. TTFN   Peanut.   If you would like to look at my handcrafted  click on the link below.      https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2017/01/handcrafted-floats-and-fishing.html?m=1        Join our club......Its FREE  !!!!!!!  http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/