Keith M
Well-known member
I know this thread says “When to strike” but seeing that it’s turned towards tackle I thought I’d mention my home made Pike floats which I make each year for pennies using balsa dowelling from a model shop, a bit of paint and some old barbed sea hook shanks glued and pushed into the bottom.
When I need a few sliding floats I sometimes use those hollow plastic stems from cheap Halloween lollies or pieces of Biro tubing and poke them through the middle lengthwise instead of putting an eye at the bottom; and they can easily be made at any length I want in a very short time for literally pennies.
In the past I have also made vaned floats by glueing some old dart vanes into the top so that they can catch the wind and drift out to where I wanted them to be.
Tight lines
Keith
When I need a few sliding floats I sometimes use those hollow plastic stems from cheap Halloween lollies or pieces of Biro tubing and poke them through the middle lengthwise instead of putting an eye at the bottom; and they can easily be made at any length I want in a very short time for literally pennies.
In the past I have also made vaned floats by glueing some old dart vanes into the top so that they can catch the wind and drift out to where I wanted them to be.
Tight lines
Keith
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