so its closed season..............

[fishfish 17]

any one making their own tackle,or rods? not so long ago in the less afluent 70's and 's we would all be making kit ready for the new season,maybe with a full blown resessin some of you guys may try it?

i make swimfeeders,floats ,disgorgers lures and a plethora of other bits.did you know that with sod all imagination you can nock up a decent swimfeeder from a large hair curler link swivel and a strip of lead? or a few feathers and a bit o paint and youl have some nice floats ?

get stuck in and show us what you can do! remember that if it works its good! asthetics come with time!

heres a few of my home made floats:

 

[Molie1337 35]

There's a closed season!??! why didnt anyone tell me!

 

only kidding, very nice floats mate, looks the spitting image of my grandads tackle box, i dont know why more people dont make they're own tackle any more, must be that love of having all the gear that carp fishing has bought to us!

 

ATB

 

Molie

[poacher3161 1,766]

Their works of art them floats not many make their own nowadays been thinking about makeing some pike lures because they are exspensive.atvb

[Guest bullterrier]

some nice floats there mate i remember that style of float from when i was a kid i make some pole floats out of peacock some times but not much do you ever sell them mate wouldent mind a set of them .. ..john

[fishfish 17]

thanks for the kind words guys! i domt realy sell them but if we meet on a lakeside somewhere ide probably let you have one! to be honest itd be hard to price them,some times theres over 2 hours gone onto a float!

poacher3161 pike lures are fun i carved this one last night:

 

 

ive got a couple of lures that i wouldnt use as theyre pieces of art! ille try and get a few photo's,one of them has over 6 hours gone into it!

[redeye jedi 39]

a blast from the past. truely nice work there mate, i inherited a load of fishing tackle from my grandad when i was a kid with boxes of his hand made floats, sadly some theiving scum bag stole it all from our shed

[oldblueeye 0]

Those floats are brilliant mate, nothing quite beats catching fish on tackle you've made your self....You've got me thinking now, I was going to buy a few crow quill avon floats for the start of the river season but I'm going have a go at making a couple

 

Cheers

OBE

[moonshine 0]

i still have floats like that i was given years and years ago them ones are great mate i love home made stuff

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

nice lure! i tie my own flies during trout and grayling close season.

[fishfish 17]

heres a tip for you guys,if you want realy good sized quills for making floats try the high water mark on any beach,herring gull feathers are as big as goose and as they 'float' invariably end up on the beach! also for an eye in the base i just cut the bend off a big hook and glue and insert in to the base,easy eh?!!

[Guest bullterrier]

i always ask nicely when we take the kids the zoo some times come back with quite a few different ones ...john

[fishfish 17]

nice lure! i tie my own flies during trout and grayling close season.

 

lets see some then!

[fishfish 17]

for those intrested heres a shop that sells everything you need for float making just like the tackle shops used to sell!

 

http://www.dbanglingsupplies.co.uk/shop.ph...84635e0f6cba778

 

and heres an EU based lure making parts supplier.

 

http://www.lureparts.nl/index.php?cPath=36...5a3tsjb21f60vr5

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

i have made a few flying C's in my time but would really like to get into making my own plugs out of wood.

[fishfish 17]

i have made a few flying C's in my time but would really like to get into making my own plugs out of wood.

 

 

so whats stopping you?