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

Afternoon all,  I have just been puttting the finishing touches on another pair of "Antennae Bodied Wagglers" This set are aimed at catching Tench and Crucians at a close to medium distance. I have recently been using these floats for paste and conventional maggot/worm fishing down the side and I must say they have performed very well so far,. The colour graduations on the float helping a great deal with bite detection.  Another pair have made without eyes so they may be attached via a rubber band or a silicone adaptor. Read the tench blog here. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2025/05/smash-and-grab-morning-tench-raid.html A coat of glow in the dark yellow was added to enable fishing past sunset. Until the next time………. 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. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2021/02/handcrafted-floats-fishing-equipment.html Join Salford Friend...

Afternoon all,  I haven't been fishing since before Christmas !!!!!! but this morning I felt the urge for a tench, so, grabbed some kit and hi-tailed it off to a new tench lake I have just been informed about. My float was a 4BB boddied, lollypop lifter, ideal for short to medium distance in shallowish water. Within 30 minutes, after plenty of bits and a few ide I was into a good tench....a very good one infact but unfortunately, after a few seconds it slipped the hook.... and left me swearing loudly at anyone or thing in the immediate vicinity!!!!! 😆😆😆😆😆 I was gutted.  That was a belting fish!!!! I won't lie.....the next two hours was a struggle.  I was picking up a few bits every know and then but nothing much was happening and I was ready for home. I call off a good friend persuaded me to give it another half an hour....good job really!!!!!!  A change to double worm tipped with red maggot got me into my second tench hook up of the session. I made no mist...