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

Hi all, I have been after a light roving box for quite some time now but could never decide on which one to buy........plus they are nearly £200 😲😲😲😲😲 After finishing some ........ Loaded Antenne Bodied Wagglers for my mate  "The Casterman"  he said....... " Don't buy one lad".  "I have just what you need here.....the bits anyway".  "I've been meaning to make one out of all the bits I have accumlated over the years"......Lol. I have been using an old Shakespeare Box which is very light but a little cumbersum to carry and I do miss my Octoplus type gadgets, although I will need some 25mm fittings. I was over the moon we he said he could sort me out with one. PM me  If anyone has accessores for 25mm square legs. I will happily meet up and swap for an avon float hand made by myself. It has taken a while to finish it as we have both been very busy of late. Here it is ...... "The Casterman Roving Box" From start to finish.... If

 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

 Hi all, My next floats are an another avon offering, this time in patrioic red, white and blue. There are so many variations of the avon I think I could be here a while!!!!!! Rocking in at approximately 5g these floats are designed for smaller baits such as maggot and casters in deeper water for silver fish. These floats have an alloy stem, a stained oak and blue body, black, blue and gold whippings with fluorescent pink tip 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, I have just finished a set of.. "Large Tipped Mini Grey Alloy Stem Avons" I have made these for fishing spate rivers along the shallow gravel runs, but any shallow medium paced river with not too much depth and these floats should do nicely. Colours used are Slate Grey & Charcoal Grey with fluorescent pink & orange tips, a white collars and finish with black and gold whippings. If you have been following my blog you will know there was an extraordinary outcome of the first few hours when trialing these floats, not to mention one or two heated comments on my local clubs Face Book page about O.O.S. Brown Trout captures....... Anyway..... The first few fish captured were my target fish, lovely Irwell Grayling caught in 3 feet of water. A very swift an pleasing outcome to the maiden voyage of this pattern. 😁 After that well, this leviathan rocked up..... and it was a whole different ball game for about 20 minutes. 😲 8lb Wild Brown Trout Hit the link for the ful