Homemade Sliding Floats

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Homemade Sliding Floats

#1 Post by alby »

Just wondering has anyone made their own floats for sea angling?

Doing some Wrasse fishing soon and want to make a few up, there a silly price in tackle shops altogether.

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Re: Homemade Sliding Floats

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get styrofoam blocks from a craft shop and cut/shape into floats. drill though the middle add a straw and glue in place(straw is an optional part) smooth off and colour tip with waterproof marker. Have fun.
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alby get your hands on some round balsa wood say 15/20mm. Cut it to what ever size you want and then just round it top and bottom and glue in a small swivel with a drop of epoxy at one end and paint it mat white. then its just the case of spraying on some day glow paint over the top few cm so you can see the thing. Being a bottom only attachment float it still works fine
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Thanks gents, will post the results!
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Try a Jif lemon bottle..
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when you are fed up with all this DIY lark and want to go fishing check here: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/150822167532?ssP ... 1423.l2649
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#7 Post by paul skelly »

Or u could use a kinder surprises, bit of a munch and then make a float from it :lol:
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Re: Homemade Sliding Floats

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The Austrian wrote:when you are fed up with all this DIY lark and want to go fishing check here: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/150822167532?ssP ... 1423.l2649
Jaysus @ €7 for 2 floats I'll be in the workshop more often!!
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