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I often use a porcupine quill float for bream fishing. The ones I've bought come with a small rubber band to hold the line to the float. Over time the rubber band rots due to heat, etc.
So I got to hunting for something a little more durable and substantial and hit on a #36 black O ring. I found mine at my local mom & pop hardware store. It works great.
Looks like a good idea to me. If I used floats like that, there would be a whole lota jerking and not catching, I would never be able to see that, I lose my bright yellow ones sometimes, in shadows or chop.
Great idea.
Paint the tip a bright color so you can see them.
Another way to hold them on would be to use surgical tubing. Could also drill a small hole in them to put your line through or attach a swivel to them for easy removal.
I like bream but not that much to fight a porcupine for a quill
Road kill man, I see them all the time here but haven't stopped to get any quills off them yet.
The gills here in Arizona pull a 1 inch slip bobber under water just fine,lol.Heck,all my gills would be gut hooked if I used one of them things.
I use a little piece of electric tape attached near the top and near the bottom. I just roll the pieces around the quill and line. I adjust the depth by pulling the quill up or down, works great. I dip the tip in white vinyl jig paint then hot pink after the white dries.
Good idea. Thanks man.
What is the best lenght of quill to use?
I don't pay attention to length. I just buy what's available when I need some. The photo I posted doesn't show it but the ones I buy have a small metal ring at one end of the quill that I run my line through after I pass it through the O ring.
Thanks Swamp Fox, I was wondering if you buy them online or local? Have been wanting to try these. I see natural ones for sale from 2" to 14" thats why I was asking. Thanks again..Dwayne
I find them in the smaller Mom&Pop bait shops that tend to be out in the boon docks. Don't recall ever seeing them at the big box places. My Walmart doesn't carry them.
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Originally Posted by derick37335
Ain't nuthin' deadlier in hot weather when drownin' live bait for gills than a long pole, 4# test, a quill float, and a #12 hook. Makes them that are 'mouthin' around more noticeable.
Any one have an online source for quills ? I don't think I have ever seen them in Georgia.
those quills come from african porcupines, and they are hard to find. the american porcupines have too small of a quill for a float.
i found these.......a bit pricy unless a group goes together on em....
Wholesale Porcupine Quills 4" to 14"
another place....quite a bit more reasonable.......
Porcupine Quills
They are really sensitive. I think a bream could breathe on them and you'd know it.
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Originally Posted by chucktx
Not really that bad on a per piece price . Any one in the Atlanta area interested in buying some ?
My dad used to make his own floats and used them just like these porcupine floats. He used polar wood and would spend whole afternoons wittling them down. I never realized he was trying to copy porcupine floats.
In that light can you make these out of balsa wood using dowels about half the width of a ink pen, maybe paint tip neon green or orange just for visibility?
Those are the most sensitive floats you will ever try. They move if a fish breathes on them.Thumbs UpQuote:
Originally Posted by azslabber
Yep. You can also make them out of a straw from McDonald's. Just plug the ends with epoxy or something similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by funbun