Tee-Cee
Senior Member
A kindly old gentleman recently gave me some old porcupine floats covered in yellowing and ancient varnish of some sort, which I have cleaned off.
Now looking very good with bright crimson tops ( actually flame orange, but I like words of yore ) I'm unsure if I really need to seal them as I do with other bird quill floats.
By ' seal ' I don't mean the use of dope but more a very light varnish if absolutely necessary....
Thinking on this subject varies and occasionally some bright spark comes up with a better way of doing things - hence this thread..
If anyone has any practical advice based usage I would be pleased to hear from them.
Guess work only serves to confuse ...............
Thanks !
ps In thinking about it, we are approaching the season for quill usage around tench / crucian fishing so they will get a run out pretty soon !
Now looking very good with bright crimson tops ( actually flame orange, but I like words of yore ) I'm unsure if I really need to seal them as I do with other bird quill floats.
By ' seal ' I don't mean the use of dope but more a very light varnish if absolutely necessary....
Thinking on this subject varies and occasionally some bright spark comes up with a better way of doing things - hence this thread..
If anyone has any practical advice based usage I would be pleased to hear from them.
Guess work only serves to confuse ...............
Thanks !
ps In thinking about it, we are approaching the season for quill usage around tench / crucian fishing so they will get a run out pretty soon !