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

Having purchased a small lathe from ebay I decided I would buy a much larger one. Myself and my dad enjoyed using a lathe immensely. We were watching one on ebay when the final day for bidding came. Just my luck !!!!!!!!! My snipe site wont let me use it so we had to do it the old fashioned way. With 8 seconds on the clock I put our bid in and looked at my old man and crossed our fingers................... Then the notification had come . . . . . . . . . WE HAD WON IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With a whoop, whoop and a little jig from my dad ( which is no mean feet as he is 73 years young ) we contacted the seller and arranged to meet up next Monday. While I was at work my dad frantically cleaned up a workspace for the new lathe as it is about ten times bigger than the one I had first used. My uncle Dave , who likes to play with his wood !!!!!!! heard about our purchase via my dad and offered to transport the lathe in his Skoda  Yettie as it was bigger t

Already getting ready for the summer......!!!!!!! LOL . . . .  with a pair of Feather Inlay, Inverted Teardrop, Sightbob Wagglers. Finished in pearlescent, metallic blue with purple, gold and black whipping. Great for tench and bream fishing. I hope you like them.  😁 TTFN Peanut If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats just hit the link. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/handcrafted-floats-2017.html?m=1 Join our club Its free !!!!!! http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/

One of the most popular float patterns of all time is the straight waggler. It has a variety of uses on still and running water. Here is one of my interpretations of the pattern. This quartet are 18.5 cms long 3g / 4AAA,  have  feather inlay and are finished in fluorescent day glow orange and red. 😊 TTFN Peanut If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats just hit the link. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/handcrafted-floats-2017.html?m=1 Join our club Its free !!!!!! http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/

Today I was heading to an SFA section of the Rochdale Canal, not to fish but to deliver a pair of Pike Sliders to their new owner.😁 http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/large-revesable-sliding-feather-inlay.html?m=1 I know this section of the the canal reasonable well as I used to work right next to it but I have never fished it for Pike. I arrived at around three o'clock and met Karol and Lee both experienced Pikers compared to me . .  . . . . Lol so I decided to hang around and get some tips off my new friends. 😁 Karol did not mess about and changed his old pike pencil to one of his new Glow In The Dark Pike Sliders and got to work. " Hang around here Mike and I will have a picture of a pike and the new slider float for you within the hour "  . . . . . I smiled and said " Ok mate your on "  The boys were struggling to be honest but they still had another hour and a half of light left to get a hook up. Four r

I have been meaning to make one of these for quite some time. Its a . . . . . " Mini - Perch Bobber With A Porcupine Quill Stem"  I have made this a small one because it will be used for general coarse fishing on rivers and lakes for many different species and takes 3.6 gram to cock it to the white band. I will be using it as a maggot float on the river the next time I am out......may be snare my first Manchester Grayling with it if the river gods shine on me !!!!!!!!! Anyway I hope you like it . . . . . . 😁 I was supposed to be trying this float last Sunday on a large wild water with  John Derbyshire........ Unfortunately I had to let him down. 😔😔😔😕😕😕 Sorry pal, We will get out soon. 😁 TTFN Peanut If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats just hit the link. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/handcrafted-floats-2017.html?m=1 Join our club Its free !!!!!! http://salfordfriendl

My next float has been made for a very specific swim on a north west river. It is a . . . .   Double Feather Inlay, Internal Slider finished in Metallic, Pearlescent Racing Green With Gold, Imperial Purple and Black Whippings. This float takes approximately  7 swan / 11.2 g and is intended as a big fish float ie barbel, chub, salmon etc. but I have a feeling it will be use to catch some else very large........ Unfortunately you will have to wait and see what it is......like me  !!!!!!!!! 😉 I hope you get some right lumps with this  Mr Boyne. 😉 TTFN Peanut If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats just hit the link. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/handcrafted-floats-2017.html?m=1 Join our club Its free !!!!!! http://salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/join/