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

 Morning all, This weeks offering is a quartet of 3AAA Blue Drift Beaters. Heavier than the previous versions, these floats are for combating tow on medium to large lakes. Made from balsa and carbon with blue,  fluorecent orange, pink/red, black and white paints, black and gold whippings plus a hand turnd brass eye. A stunning Swedish tench and a beautiful UK golden rudd caught on one of a lighter version of this pattern earlier this year. I am making larger versions soon so stay tuned. 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/   

 Afternoon all, This weeks offerings are a set to compliment last weeks set of floats. Made with balsa instead of sarkanda these Bodied Antenna Wagglers have an approximate weight capacity of 3AAA or 2.4 g. Fishished with camo green, white, fluorescent pink/red and black paints, black, and gold threads with a hand turned brass eye. I like using these for fishing the count down method for silivers when fishing off the bottom. This is the full set of 8 floats. 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/   

 Hello again. I have just finished this set of four.... Inserted 50:50 Camo Green Wagglers. Although not identical these floats were made to compliment a set of Carp Stalkers recently finished. (Carp Stalkers) https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2023/08/large-carp-stalkers.html These sarkanda and harwood floats are fishished with camo green, white and fluorescent orange paints, black, grey, gold and scarlet threads with a hand turned brass eye. These are a general coarse fishing floats and are quite small, taking 4BB (1.6g) plus lending themselves to multipal situations on rivers, lakes, ponds and canals. As I am a river angler mainly I would use these on the stick float line later in the session, on the drop, if the fish have come up in the water to intercept the loose feed offerings. 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://pu

 Hi all, As I have got older in years I am not much of a summer angler prefering the autum and winter months. Below is the largest stick I have made to date. The smaller float is a MKIV Irewll Stick for comparison. The "Heavy Barbel Stick" above comes in at 11 plus grammes (7 swan old money) and will be used for chub and barbel in the coming colder months. I will use this when fishing specific runs on the Irwell where it is just too deep for the 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 completed another set of ..... "Fully Loaded Irwell Sticks" I love using these when fishing shallow faster water for barbel & chub in the summer. Most of the weight is in the float so you get a lot of bait movemnt in the fast water. In the summer the barbel are prepared to chase a bait around a little more. I have also experienced grayling liking the same presentation in the colder months. Finished in hunter green with black and gold whippings this style now has a permenant olace in my tackle box along with the alloy stem version.  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 completed a prial of.....stick floats. Two fully loaded & one alloy stem stick. The fully loaded floats are finished in deep blue and slate grey. The alloy stem stick has been stained to achieve the deep chestnut finish. Two red/pink tips and one fluorescent orange tip, all with a white collar plus black and gold whippings. Autum is on its way which is my favourite time to fish so hopefully I will get some fish and float pictures soon. 😁 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/