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

Recently I have taken a liking to using ivory paint on some of my more recent float patterns. Another pattern I have been meaning to make in this colour is the  Bodied Antenna Waggler. A very useful float for fishing smaller baits like maggots and casters both on and off the bottom. Best suited for tench, bream, roach and skimmers.   This pair take approximately 4AAA and are finished in ivory, whippings are black, gold and two different shades of violet. 😁 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/

As I have mentioned before I enjoyed working with " Sarkanda Reed " The first two I made were straight, loaded wagglers over 12 inches long for specialised deep water fishing at distance. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/sarkandas-loaded-waggler-reed-waggler.html?m=1 The third float was at the other end of the scale. A short Carp Stalking Float. http://purplepeanut007.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/margin-carp-stalker-sarkandas-waggler.html?m=1  This set of five  "  Straight Sarkanda Wagglers "  are somewhere in the middle in regards to size, unloaded this time and made for more general fishing. Consisting of three floats in day glow fluorescent, one in black and one in  glow in the dark yellow. The threads used where black, metallic gold and two shades of violet. I will be using mine on the Rivers Irwell & Ribble when the season opens. TTFN Peanut. If you would like to look at my handcrafted floats

 Another float I have been meaning to make for quite some time is a " Margin Carp Stalker " Float. This one is my first and is  approximately 13 cm or 5 " in length. The threads used where black, metallic gold and two shades of violet plus a small brass eye. I have included my Trudex Centerpin to give the picture some scale. I have a very modest carp pb at approximately 11 lbs caught thirty five years ago ( I don't do much still water fishing )  so I am looking forward to catching a few still water lumps with one of these little fellas. 😁 Its great for dropping down the side in the shallows for carp and tench and I can see a few more being made in the near future. 😁   I have been also been persuaded by a few friends to fish a few commercial matches in the closed season. I don't think I will blow the cobwebs off the pole just yet hence the reason for making this stalking float to be used for 2 " Down The Side

Ste recently took a set of my Feather Inlay Inserted Wagglers on a trip to Thailand. Little did I know they would be inspected by none other than the fishing legend himself " John Wilson " Pictures taken at Johns fishing mecca in Thailand. http://www.fishthailand.co.uk/john_wilson_fishing_lake_thailand.html I asked Ste if there was any recommendations he had to improve my waggler pattern. I wasn't expecting  them to be inspected by,  in my eyes. . a living legend   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 In the last picture John is pointing to the eye at the base of the float which is quite small as it is for general coarse fishing. For Johns style of fishing which is the lift method near lilies and snags he recommended that the eyes diameter be increased in size to allow it to run free up and down the main line and to avoid it getting jammed with weed. Definitely something to think about for a specialist type of waggler. 😊 Than

Busy with these at the moment . . . . but I love making them. My favourite float . . .  " The Irwell.Stick " The  " Irwell Stick "  was designed for fishing shallow river runs but is also been used as a general float for most species. John Derbyshire even uses them on the pole for margin fishing. They are at their best fishing 2 - 4 feet deep through slightly pacey run on a river or some where a standard sized alloy stick would struggle due to the extra pace and shallower water. I personally performed quite well using these last summer. 😉 The above caught on halibut pellet using  heavy Irwell stick  ( 4BB approximately) Below my first grayling from the Don on the same float. 😁  Until the next time. . . . . 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......I

I really enjoy playing with new raw materials. For the last couple of weeks I have been playing with . . . . . .  " Sarkandas Reed " I have a few on the go but this is the first one to be completed. Day glow red / pink is the indicating tip colour paired with a white contrast band. The thread chosen was black, scarlet, purple and gold. The base was loaded to aid casting distance an balance. The float will be used for tench, bream & carp at distance but is equally at home on deep slow flowing rivers. I rather like this one even though it is a little on the blingy side on the float making spectrum . . .  Lol 🤣  Lets see how the others turn out !!!! Until the next time. . . . . 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/