Thanks Tiinker. looks like a nice light. btw is that you dressed as Santa?
I am Santa.
Thanks Tiinker. looks like a nice light. btw is that you dressed as Santa?
tinker....have you any idea about what your drinking straws are made of??
I have some old straws which are plastic so providing the ends are sealed properly they will work. I imagine yours must be some sort of plastic ??
How thick is the wall of the straw, in other words I assume they will not bend if treated carefully??
I did see some once where the maker had sealed the ends with a cut down piece of peacock quill glued into the ends. One took the swivel (or shot loading and swivel) and the other a short length of cane to act as an insert which could be painted orange, or whatever...
Never saw them in use but they looked pretty good!
Thanks for that tinker. I shall push the boat out and buy a box for future experimentation.............
I would just like to add that fishing at night with anything that glows is not as easy as one might think. It takes time to adjust to following a small pinpoint of light down a river and even more so to sit and stare at one in still water. Staring at anything for long periods is very tiring and seems to do weird things to the vision after a while. (Could be just my eyes though!).
I did it for many years back in the eighties and found that short periods were best but definitely not in a 'full moon' situation which can seriously affect the definition between your float top and the surrounding area......
A good way to fish though, IF you don't weaken and probably best avoided following busy days at work when one is tired and prone to dozing off in the early hours......(pretty much most of us I suggest!!!)