Reply With Quotevery interesting concept, nice work
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DIY for better floats
I have been using floats now for over 45 years and always need one that was not on the market. These are all hand made from balsa and have split shot in them. The first three from L to R are weighted with different number of split shot to give them weight for casting. The last two on the right are sinkers. With this type of float you can get it to sink at a very slow rate and use them for count down floats and by adding more weight in the balsa you can make them sink faster. If you want to try something different you can paint them and add eyes and hook. I do not know how many times I have had fish hit the float. To make these get a stick of 1/2" square balsa stock and split it down the middle, next hollow out the center of each half big enough to hold the shot. Next take a piece of spinner wire and crimp on the split shot and clamp the two halves together. Balsa is soft and will form itself to the wire. I use thin CA and glue it together and then cover the entire float in CA. It is now solid and waterproof. Shape with sandpaper. Shape it first then cover it with thin CA. With practice you can make them do what you want.
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very interesting concept, nice work
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The Italians make a float like that. I forget the name. I'll have to look it up.Originally Posted by jigtosser
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I've never used a float like that... Do you use it with bobber stops or do you tie it on.
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They're called "trout bombs" in Europe. Here are a few examples:
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Like king Solomon said, "There is nothing new under the sun". Thanks for that information. I got the idea from the 1950's. They made a set of 3 and they were called neutral density floats and were made out of some kind of metal. I never used them as slip floats but they could easily be adapted. CA is another form of Super Glue, I buy mine at hobby shops as it is made for balsa and use the thin.
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These would be great as casting floats to run a streamer, fly or jig behind. Running the wire through the middle is nice and strong - that's how Rapala does it.
As slip floats, I reckon they need a straw or reed through the middle. Im tempted to make a few of my own.
But the use of balsa is brilliant and "old school."
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da, what about the "covering" off phone wire for the slip corks?
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That might work, the really stiff PVC type. It's worth a try.
Truth is, any small tubing would do the job, so long as the ID was "micro" size.
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