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Post by monkey20 on Dec 11, 2006 18:10:35 GMT
hey has anyone got any ideas how to make cheap floats
eg making them out of twigs
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Post by britmark on Dec 11, 2006 18:46:11 GMT
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Post by BOF on Dec 11, 2006 19:26:11 GMT
Instead of twigs try to find large bird feathers. Ideally from a Crow, Swan, Goose, or perhaps if you are lucky a Peac ocks tail feather. Then carefully peel off the feather material from the stem (its the stem that you use) by pulling from the blunt end towards the tip. Or by Very carefully trimming it away with a sharp modeling blade or Stanley knife. Paint the blunt end, then, firstly with a white undercoat, then a fluorescent Orange, or Yellow, top coat. When that is dry (about 48 hours) cover everything with a clear varnish. BOF  |
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Post by michaelbrov on Dec 11, 2006 20:51:21 GMT
i make my own dibbers out of balsa for margin fishing,
they dont have to be special ,because large carp from the margins will break any top margin float imho.
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Post by ian on Dec 14, 2006 2:33:47 GMT
where do you get carbon stems from?
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Post by BOF on Dec 14, 2006 8:32:14 GMT
I use alloy welding rods for my float stems, or split lengths of bamboo skewer (from kebabs). BOF |
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Post by michaelbrov on Dec 17, 2006 18:14:34 GMT
i dont use carbon stems , i use thin wire from hobbycraft.
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Post by chistopher on Dec 22, 2006 16:54:27 GMT
if you varnish over your flou.paint,it is then non fluo.paint!!
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Post by BOF on Dec 22, 2006 19:28:27 GMT
I didnt know that Christopher. I have always put a layer of clear over the tip as otherwise it just chips off, too easily. BOF |
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Post by Keith on Jan 3, 2007 20:07:04 GMT
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Post by BOF on Jan 3, 2007 22:04:04 GMT
Not able to access this link, is it correct? BOF |
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Post by Keith on Jan 4, 2007 19:17:23 GMT
Not able to access this link, is it correct? BOF Yes, I've just double checked with Angling Times. Perhaps the makers of the kits haven't got round to creating the web site. I've experienced this in the past when looking at new products on the web. |
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Post by peterpiker on Jan 9, 2007 17:29:57 GMT
Years ago Porcupine Quills were quite popular,I used them mostly for laying on tactics and they worked very well.I know you can buy the smaller ones cheaply on ebay but it might be worth getting in touch with Flamingo Land etc you could maybe get them for free?You don't have to do much to them,just colour the tip and maybe add a coat of varnish.
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Post by arcticfoxfly on Jan 12, 2007 17:56:56 GMT
My dad uses 'Bullrush' Reed stems all the way from scotland hehe. They make excellent floats!
Arctic
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