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

Hi All, Below are two pairs of inserted and straight. "Sarkanda Wagglers", Both pairs are finished in Burgundy, gold, violet & black threads. The tips are finished in fluorescent pink & orange. These four are for fishing in Norfolk for tench, bream and roach but both sets have their place on rivers in the right conditions. More of these will be coming soon as Sarkanda reed is my current go to float material at the moment. 😁 Fingers crossed fishing will be one of the first pass times allowed after lockdown. Take care everyone. 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/   

Hi all, On this latest float I have tried to intentionally age the float body giving it a two tone mottled brown effect. Threads used are simply black & grey. Both myself and my friends have tried this style of float out on a few occasions fishing for roach and dace. One criticism is that the bristle is a little long so I will bare that in mind in the future. A future change may be the addition of a carbon stem to replace the aluminium one. The stem change will make the float more suitable for slower rivers This float is going in my bag and will hopefully be tried out on some Yorkshire rivers after "LOCK DOWN" fishing for roach and chub (More of that in the future) I am happy with the way it has turned out but a little apprehensive about reproducing it. If I can reproduce it to my satisfaction I will try and make a few more different floats in this style. We shall see.  😁 TTFN   Peanut.   If you would like to lo

Hello there... Some more lock down floats. Here we have some more " Glow In The Dark Porcupine Quills". These are fiddly to make but the finished float is worth the effort. Finished with black and burgundy whippings these floats will be partnered with a can rod for some still water action, hopefully , when the lock down has finished. Not long until lock down is over.....lets hope  anyway... 😁 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/   

Hi all, With a some time on my hands I have tried something a little different. The four balsa wagglers you see below. 😁 These are quiet wide at 8 mm.The shorter tipped two are for pellet fishing on commercials and club lakes. The two with longer tips are for rivers using bigger baits like bread, paste, worm etc As ever I have tried to go old school with a modern twist. To be honest I just made the bodies, stained and painted all four, then free styled with a few ideas until I settled with the two designs you see before you.  With the warm weather I am missing my fishing, as I am sure all of you are. I want some nice chub pictures next to these beauties so the quicker we are off lock down the sooner we can all get fishing. Stay stay safe people !!!!!! 😁 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-fishi

I am just putting the finishing touches on a new stick float. To be honest I broke the tip off a Slimline Avon float but instead of discarding it I decided to see what I could make of what was left. The stick float below is the answer and I quite like it.  😁😁😁😁😁 Stained with dark oak, this float is made if balsa and aluminium.  Its shape and size lends itself to a variaty of baits in medium to fast water such as maggots, casters, bread and pellet. When allowed out of isolation this will be tried on a known peg on the ribble that I have had my eye on for some time but have been unable to get there for one reason or another. (Mr Boyne, you know of where I speak) The swim is a well known feeder leg for barbel and chub but as far as I know un-tried on the float. Well, i tried it once but quickly realised I was under - gunned float wise, although I did catch but just the one. 😉 TTFN   Peanut.   If you would like to look at my h

Another version of the tench floats I make are the  " Glow In The Dark Tinca Sticks " They are the same float as the standard tinca sticks but with glow in the dark paint applied to the tips, very useful when you just need an extra few hours fishing into the darkness. As per the previous floats these tinca sticks are made from reed & cane but with yellow glow in the dark yellow, black segments plus black gold and violet whipping. As can be seen below these also work for shy bitting Crucian Carp as well as Carp & Tench. 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/