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

Morning all, Insert Wagglers must be the bread and butter float for a lot of anglers because of its versitility. Below are sux 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/   

 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, Built for fast, shallow, water these five avons will soon be trundling down the River Rhine in Austria. Chub trout and grayling will the target species for these floats and I have asked for some capture pictures in the near future. As per previous builds these floats are made with a balsa body, harwood stem, black & gold theads with white, blue and fluorescent red/ pink tips. 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, Out of all the fishing floats I have seen the fluted floats, to me, can be the most decorative and I have waited a long time to attempt this pattern so I can, hopefully do it justice. I have never made a fluted float before so, please, be gentle with me....lol...😆 I have kept the first design simple and will proceed to try and master the bastics before I try anything fancy. So, below, is a 7AAA Oval Fluted Avon for barbel and chub fishing made with a balsa body and a hardwood stem, fnished with white, fluorescent orange and olive green paints. Threads used where black and gold.  Its a bit rough and ready for my taste but thought I would share and take you on my flutted float making journey as we are not born experts !!!!! I am reasonably happy with this for a first effort but will be looking to improve on this float considerably in the next coming months I have a barbel and chub fishing trip coming up next year so want to perfect this pattern ready for the long awaited trip w

Hi all, I was recently asked to make a set of 20 no 4 (4g) Shouldered Alloy Stick Floats for a trip on the River Itchen in the coming weeks. The floats are to be used for long trotting fishing six feet plus on some runs. Because of the distance these floats will be fished at I have kept the tips as wide as I possible could, flaring the taper out just before the shoulder, initially giving a wider tip before turning the shoulder/tip. As requested the floats were stained to a dark oak finish with fluorescent orange tips plus a white collar. Black, crimson and rose gold were the threads colours used for this build. Hopefully I will soon see a plump agrayling next to one of these floats which reminds me, I must blow the cobwebs of my river gear and go fishing as I have not graced a river bank yet this 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 o

 Morning all, This pattern is a float I myself do not use very often and have made only twice before I think as I prefer silver fishing with a stick float or avon but if you are a specimen angler its a great float to suspend big baits in fast water. The set of five floats below all take approximately 6 swan shot or 9.6g in new money. There are a few swims on the Ribble where I could be persuaded to don a chubber instead of a stick float. Andy Boyne has pointed out a couple of swims on the ribble where this pattern will be at home. I think I will incorporate some specimen float fishing sessions into my fishing next season just to se what I can catch. 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

 Morning all, A new paint job on the.... Small Alloy Stem Avons this week. I recently found a couple of cans of paint in the lock up which have been discontinued. Both are colours I really like...... Gothic metallic burgandy and purple. A small check was in order to see if these paints were still stable and ok to use then I added a couple of coats to the floats and finished the build. It's a shame I can not get any more of these paints, especially, if you are like me and you sometimes like a little bit of bling on your floats!!!!! Made mainly for finicky feeding roach on slow to medium pace rivers at close range, but, these floats can also double up as a commecial close range carp float when fishing the margins as I will be showing in a few weeks time. All these floats have balsa bodies, alloy stems and neutral densisty hardwood tips. 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 handcraf