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

 Hi all, Below are a pair of..... Mini-Irwell Sticks, one grey, one green. I love these floats for fishing small rivers and streams where three feet is a good depth. The floats below do not take a lot of shot, approximately 4 no 4s and are at their best fished shirt button style in up to four feet of water. Some captures on Irwell Sticks. 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/   

 Morning all, I have have just finished a pair of True Olive Gteen Driftbeaters. One 3AAA One 4BB Both with fluorescent red/pink sight bobs. Black and gold whippings and a brass, hand turned eye. The 3AAA is the first of the larger versiins I will be making in the next couple of months and hopefully a set of the 5AAA will be nect in line for completion. 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/   

 Morning all, I have not used or indeed made these for quite a while so when a request came in I was pleased to replicate an older pattern. I started making these around 2018 for stalking carp in the margins. A smaller float taking approximately 1 BB these are ideal for dropping in the margins ins.earch of carp. This set are made from reed, white & glow in the dark yellow paint, black turquoise and gold threads plus a hand turned brass eye.  The full set of floats below. 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/   

 Morning all, Finished today are a pair of.... "Old School Perch Bobbers" The pair below are finished in pastle yellow and fluorescent red/pink paints, plus black thread with a hand turned, large brass eye a simple design but quite affective I think. I will probabley try varoius standard and sliding perch bobbers to as the venues I will be using them on can be twenty feet deep or more!!!! Video: There are many older float patters I would like to try so stay tuned. Later in the year I should have something a little different/out of my comfort zone to show you. 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/   

 Morning all, Another float I dont use enough. The humble perch bobber. I think I am missing out on some specimen perch and chub when fish for silvers in the summer so I am going to use one of these on a sleeper rod while I build up the silver swim. I know the exact couple of pegs I am going to try them on. One is 9 foot deep at your feet so will fish approximately half depth with a small live bait. The other swim is an eddy around 5 foot deep an I take the same approach fishing at half depth. Hopefully I will have somthing to show you all later.on in the year. The prial of floats below are made from balsa with a hard wood stem, olive green and fluorescent orange paints, black and yellow threads plus a hand turned brass eye. John Monaghan tried one of these recently and produced a cracking fish of 2lb 14oz. Nice one John. 👍👍👍👍   All three floats take approximately 4 - 6 AAA depending on bait size. I am looking forward to some fish and float pictures with these floats as it is a met