Paper Floats
- ReelMaker
- Brown Trout
- Posts: 1317
- Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:11 pm
- 11
- Location: Herts
Paper Floats
Dear friends,Can any body tell me how to make hollow paper floats ?Reelmaker
- Loop Erimder
- Wild Carp
- Posts: 9984
- Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:33 pm
- 11
- Location: Leicestershire
Re: Paper Floats
One idea I had which I tried but never got round to finishing (one day maybe) was to take brown parcel paper or brown paper from a sack of spuds, cut into a triangle and simply roll or wrap around a kebab skewer starting at the wide end and then rolling to the point of the triangle, glue the tip then slide out the skewer seal it and add appropriate eye and top then varnish.
That's how I'm gonna do it anyway .........one day
That's how I'm gonna do it anyway .........one day
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish
- Santiago
- Wild Carp
- Posts: 11014
- Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:30 pm
- 12
- Location: On my way to Mars
- Contact:
Re: Paper Floats
I posted details possibly over a year ago. If you search for zephyr floats you might find my post. Essentially cut out triangles (long and thin) from brown grease proof paper and roll up around a skewer or thin pencil and just glue the very last corner. Remove the skewer and plug up the ends with a tip and stem material to give a hollow float. Then paint and varnish. They take little shot hence best made hollow. Being on the heavy side they don't cast well because of tangles so best used short distances and cast underarm.
The shape of the triangle dictates the shape.
The shape of the triangle dictates the shape.
"....he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy"
Hemingway
Hemingway
- Reedling
- Catfish
- Posts: 5585
- Joined: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:41 am
- 11
- Location: Kent
- ReelMaker
- Brown Trout
- Posts: 1317
- Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:11 pm
- 11
- Location: Herts
Re: Paper Floats
Thank you every one who helped me to find out how to make paper floats.Reelmaker.
- Loop Erimder
- Wild Carp
- Posts: 9984
- Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:33 pm
- 11
- Location: Leicestershire
Re: Paper Floats
Couldn't resist knocking up this paper float this evening, needs more varnish, poor quality photo done in poor light conditions
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish
- Santiago
- Wild Carp
- Posts: 11014
- Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:30 pm
- 12
- Location: On my way to Mars
- Contact:
Re: Paper Floats
Nice one Loop! Should float well with that cork on the bottom!
"....he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy"
Hemingway
Hemingway
- Vole
- Rainbow Trout
- Posts: 3020
- Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:48 am
- 12
- Location: Barnet
Re: Paper Floats
Should float well with that cork on the bottom!
"Write drunk, edit sober" - Hemingway.
Hemingway didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting "submit" before he edited.
Hemingway didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting "submit" before he edited.
- LuckyLuca
- Barbel
- Posts: 4792
- Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:20 am
- 11
- Location: Oxfordshire
Re: Paper Floats
Santiago wrote:Nice one Loop! Should float well with that cork on the bottom!
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.
- Loop Erimder
- Wild Carp
- Posts: 9984
- Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:33 pm
- 11
- Location: Leicestershire
Re: Paper Floats
A better shot in natural daylight.........without the cork it may sink
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish