What brand or kind is your favorite for fishing bluegills?
Can be slip or clip on. I have plenty for crappie but need to get some lighter for targeting bluegill. Thanks!
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What brand or kind is your favorite for fishing bluegills?
Can be slip or clip on. I have plenty for crappie but need to get some lighter for targeting bluegill. Thanks!
Frog Hair floats micro size works well for my 1/80 and 1/100 oz jigs
Strike Indicators
Same as for every other fish: wagglers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
One caveat: the waggler is for casting. For still fishing with a cane or telescopic pole, you can't beat a light Euro pole float.
During the hard water season a spring bobber can't be beat hands down. During the soft water season I use a fixed stick balanced bobber.
Spring bobbers on ice,homemade turkey quill wagglers on soft water
the old reliable ----> round cork bobber
Got any pics of those? The quills you make or how to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yaker
I also use spring bobbers on my st croix through the ice. And will use frabil titanium one ony rod that don't have built in.
Don't remember the brand name, but small round or pear shaped styrofoam floats with a built in lead weight around the bottom post. These are clip on floats that sell about 3 for $2 available at Walmart and most sporting goods stores that sell fishing gear. The weight makes casting easy and reduces the resistance for fish to take it under easier. Just gotta match the size to the split shot or jig head weight.
Another option for a DIY waggler is a drinking straw. Just plug the ends with some type of filler (paper, etc.) Seal it with epoxy and put a barrel swivel in one end to run your line through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
The light weight floats, quill or straw floats. How do you cast them? I fish from shore and know it don't take much to sink a float that size. So that means there not much weight to be able to cast far. ESP a guy like me fishing the bank. Correct?
It depends on the float/quill/straw size, but I think you'd be surprised how much weight some of the floats will support.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
If you want a float you can cast a MILE, just buy a pack of these and be done with it:
Thill Gold Medal Series - TG Waggler | Bass Pro Shops
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psbe862fky.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
Here are a few waggled so make and use. I use wild eastern turkey wing quills.
Thanks guys,
Thanks for the link.
How do you seal off the tops of them turkey quills?
Uncut ones are naturally sealed,the ones I cut I seal with any waterproof glue.once I paint,and wrap them,I spray with urethane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
Thanks. I'm makin a couple up right now.
Thanks for the suggestion . I ordered some off Amazon to give a try . GillchaserQuote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Made a quill floats. Turned out nice.
i painted top white, and then floro Orange(fingernail polish) then sealed it with poly in satin. Now I need to buy a few African porcupine quills.
small round bobber,found a bunch of those old style with the green ball on top in a bargain bin for a dime apiece.foam ice fishing floats with the tooth pick as a stop.not into slip floats for gills.if their deep i use jigQuote:
Originally Posted by Wag
those are beautiful and no 2 the same.to nice to end up in a thorn bushQuote:
Originally Posted by Yaker
they are nice,just cant pay that for a float that if i'm fishing where i should be will end up in an overhanging limb sooner than later.i met mick thill several times at the outdoor shows and bought some floats off him when he was just starting out'Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
those weighted foam floats give you some distance,wally world or kmart has emQuote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
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Originally Posted by jcozzz
You get what you pay for. For me, they're worth it. It's all I will use for casting.
I like the Thill mini shy bite floats.
My favorite bluegill float is a porcupine quill with 1 bb shot, #8 Carlyle hook, and a cricket or red wiggler.:ThumbsUp
we can agree to disagree,i fish with abandon. i have a limited bank account and would rather spend the money on premium line and good rods.a float suspends the bait and indicates a bite nothing more really. i fish mostly clear deep water and dont use floats all that much anyway.
Thanks,they are fun to make,are free other than paint and such,but shoot I had everything from other DIY projects.I fish via a nucanoe,I've yet to leave one in the bushes,but I sure collect a lot of others bobbers that have been bushwhacked.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcozzz
Wow! thanks for sharing your turkey quill floats. I am also a turkey hunter and crappie fisherman and love to use every part of my kill (turkey) as a memory. I will be trying to make some of these myself, yours look great. A good DIY for these winter days when I can't or just won't (tooo windy and cold for me on the lake) go fishing to try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yaker
My favorite slip float for bluegill and red ear are the ones I make myself out of African porcupine quills --
http://bulk-share.slickpic.com/album..._Slip_Cork.jpg
The floats you talk about are called "Comal" floats or bobbers. I think is refers to the name of the designer. Usually foam and weighted or non weighted and slip or spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cricketcage
My favorite is the Comal pear shaped one and a half inches long (the float portion) and the long strike indicator sticking out the top. It gives you great "jigging" action and less resistance on setting the hook in my experience.
http://i5.walmartimages.com/dfw/dce0...d7a86df.v1.jpg
Where are you guys getting your porcupine quills? eBay?
Thill shy bite
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Originally Posted by Smoltz
Yes, I get mine from Ebay. You want the ones listed as FAT. And you need them at least 8 inches long.
I dope the wraps with epoxy and let them harden. Then I apply a couple of coats of Spar Polyurethane.
This coating is very durable and resists UV damage. The quills are very tough themselves, but this
provides a very good protective coat. Your floats will last a long time.
Nothing can compare with the bite sensitivity of a quill float.
Has anyone tried the rocket bobbers??
Thanks doctorxring
I use a Thill on my "Gill Rig" This setup is money! It will put food on your table.
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On the terminal end use a 1/64th jig or a pinmin. Get your hot sauce ready!
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What do you use for the rings on the bottom of the quills? I have some wing feathers to try out, what weights do you use to balance the quills?
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Originally Posted by stevefishes
I use light gauge stainless wire. I make one wrap around a nail and cut off the tag ends to about 3/8".
I rig them as standard slip floats. I place a split shot about 6 inches above the hook. Various sizes depending
on the length of the quill. From around BB size to a about the size of a small pea.
AGE LONG STANDBY IS A QUILL. THE OTHER IS A THILL ----------------. CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME . THOSE ARE THE CROP ON HAND POLES . WING-IT FOR CASTONG ON A ULTRA LITE REEL .Attachment 194490Attachment 194491THE WING-IT ARE THE SMALLEST ONE THEY MAKE AND CAN BE USED AS A SLIP CORK OR SPRING CLIP .THEY WILL CAST REALLY WELL .I normally use as a slip cork .
I use small paper clips for my wire loop,same technique as wire,wrap around a small diameter nail to form a loop.Cut off the wire tags ends,leaving enough to glue and wrap with thread
I use the Comal 1 and a half foam cigar slip floats....get them in packs of 50 from GrizzlyJig