Fishing Floats Made From Seagull Feathers

[Portland_Jon]

What do you think of these then chaps? They are made from seagull feathers collected from the beach. I have just varnished these two, there will be many more over the winter. There are millions of feathers at the Portland end of Chesil Beach, I collected 250 in less than an hour yesterday.

Jon

[jim]

Smashing idea, but more for fresh water than beach fishing?

Love and Peace
Jim

[Shirley]

wow they look great. Clever idea.

[Portland_Jon]

I tend not to fish in the sea much even though I live right next to it although I do go lure fishing for bass quite a lot. I also make all my own lures.

Jon

[Moomintroll]

Very professional!

I remember making them out of drinking straws years ago.

Good luck with them.

[jenko]

What do you think of these then chaps? They are made from seagull feathers collected from the beach. I have just varnished these two, there will be many more over the winter. There are millions of feathers at the Portland end of Chesil Beach, I collected 250 in less than an hour yesterday.

Thats a brilliant way of making floats, ive had a go, but have never got it just right, i tend to use dowl, or ash tree stick, diped in varnish, and then tiped in either orange nail varnish, or green glow in the dark nail varnish

[Portland_Jon]

I've just finished making a fine bodied waggler from some thin driftwood twig and a cocktail stick.I'll upload a picture when the varnish is dry. I use flourescent orange t-shirt paint that I got from the clearance bin in the local art shop and finish them with clear nail varnish.

Jon ;-)

[jenko]

sounds good i bet it save you money doing it that way, especially when floats can be from 90p to 3quid odd!!

[Portland_Jon]

Here's my first driftwood bodied waggler, I'm going to make these in varying sizes over the winter.

Jon

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Very impressive! Reusing things that are lying around is one thing, but this is verging on art.

[ilan]

Great looking floats do you not also use rocket sticks they make great floats with a bit of work and again free

[Portland_Jon]

I hadn't thought of rocket sticks but will pick some up when I am out for a walk next as there are still quite a few lying around. I love walking the tide line and picking up little bits of driftwood that no one else bothers with. I'll try to get to the beach again this weekend for a wander to see what's there.

Cheers

Jon