here's a tip for anyone that is a wino or knows a wino...!

there has been a bit of talk on the site about floatfishing for wrasse. to make good reliable floats from corks use a narrow drill piece. drill through cork from top to bottom. cut a lenght from a drinking straw of similar diameter to the drill piece. this should be the lenght of the whole drilled through the cork, plus 1/2 to 1 cm extra. insert the straw lenght leaving a little coming out either end of the cork. now melt each end of the straw and press against a flat surface. this seals the ends of the straw to the cork. now u have a slider float that cost u nothing and won't chip. use permanent markers, etc. to colour if u like. u can use large coloured beads above the cork to see the float. vary colours to spot the float in different conditions.

*the beauty of these little corkers is that if u make up good few u can slide on as many as conditions demand. this means u can use 3 or four to make a big 'stick float' for casting far out with more weight and giving good stability/ control, or u can just use one on a calm day fishing tight to your feet. also, u can try sliding on big 8mm glow in the dark beads above the float and charging them with a torch and u will see the float at night. it has served me well. cheers, Mark. a bad days fishing is cheaper than a bad night out.

nice handy diy tip,i will have to try it

nice handy diy tip,i will have to try it

workplace safety don't drink loadsa bottles and then start making the floats!!!
wait til after the hangover

great tip m.b3

Theyre handy alright, i used to make them up years ago for mullet fishing. My favourite DIY float these days is the Jif lemon, plastic straw (or the plastic tube from inside a bottle of kitchen cleaner spray) down the middle, then pumped full of builders mastic. Very visible, built-in weight for casting - and no danger of gargling the contents first....

Nice tip I think I'll give this one a go, always like a wee project. Cheap easy and effective even I should be able to manage this one

F%*king screw tops! Back to the offi! great tip

F%*king screw tops! Back to the offi! great tip

We all know you done that on purpose so you could go back for more

the poly balls in the craft shops are a good job lads if you can find them, very cheap too. they look nicer too! looking back at old posts makes my skin crawl

heres another wee tip!!!!
inside the cans of Draught Guninness there is a small white ball, and they are great for making floats.
so the more cans you drink, the more floats you get.

This is a great thread, you can make minnow traps out of flagons!