Got these thinking they were the slightly larger Panfish floats ru-vid.comUgkx_rJB7cli5f1ofPVGgn80S7Yj4vqwq0gU they work just fine. The smaller size lets me carry more in my tackle box, and the 3 color choices are nice for different lighting conditions, backgrounds, etc. They aren't the most durable things in the world. But, as cheap as they are, it's not heartbreaking to lose one or have to replace a worn one. The price on these fluctuates wildly, from about $9 to almost $16. So, time your buy accordingly.
These are small floats ru-vid.comUgkx_rJB7cli5f1ofPVGgn80S7Yj4vqwq0gU recommend the package is smaller than my hand just to provide perspective. That said I wanted small floats for the times I need to add one when trout fishing or fishing for panfish. The peg is perfect for my application where I want a set hold point that is quickly adjustable and want to be able to add the float without retying. That’s the real advantage here. You can add this float to your line without retying and adjust the depth easily with the peg so it won’t kink your line like a traditionalit. If I need to set this too deep then I’d switch over to ait with a thread stop to make casting easier. But like I said, these are a great value for the price I paid. Probably better suited to applications where your depth is 5-feet or less for the sake of casting.
Could you tell me how you drill through the center? Also what is going through the center of the balsa on the lathe, what is that stick called ? I see it has that clip to prevent from spining out
How much. $$ for a dozen or two dozen of these beauties would be great for fly fishing. You do great word , pride in making your own equipment, if today's kids could get their heads off the video games and work with there hands this may be a better world. But living at home in parents basement until 30 40 50 + years old is the ultimate dream .
but... why? is there really a huge need for homemade fishing floats? seems that if you live in a place where you cant buy them, they you shouldn't have been able to buy the rest of that kit either. Is making fishing floats some sort of hobby i dont know about? Dont get me wrong, im not a hater. i just want to understand why this is a thing =)
Believe me, i understand the whole pride in accomplishment angle. It just seemed like a strange length to go to to lathe a fishing float... and build a machine to do it on. I guess to each his own. Again, i do totally understand it, but at the same time dont. =)
*I bought these as a recommendation by a friend. Super light and extremely sensitive. I bought the 1/2oz first and then the 3/8oz both work well for jigging and flies with braided line.*
Pacific Hunter aka James Ryan I'm not disagreeing with you that it's a lathe, but it's not CNC, there is no commuter to numerically control the speeds and feeds, it's simply a router carver copier
