What are these floats for...?
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What are these floats for...?
These are some Colin Whitehouse floats from a collection he made for me in 2000.
They say C. Whitehouse, maker. 2000
I really like them but I have not seen floats like these before and so I don't really know how best to use them.
Any ideas? (biro for scale)
They say C. Whitehouse, maker. 2000
I really like them but I have not seen floats like these before and so I don't really know how best to use them.
Any ideas? (biro for scale)
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Re: What are these floats for...?
Do you know Snape I was reading issue 1 of waterlog this afternoon and on page 61 there is a Colin's Whitehouse float competition, obviously 16 years to late to enter now. :chuckle:
I do like them, his he still making floats.
I do like them, his he still making floats.
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Re: What are these floats for...?
They look like Chubbers to me, I would should fish similar to an Avon,
ideally a shallow glide.
ideally a shallow glide.
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Thanks Steve. :hat:Mark wrote:Do you know Snape I was reading issue 1 of waterlog this afternoon and on page 61 there is a Colin's Whitehouse float competition, obviously 16 years to late to enter now. :chuckle:
I do like them, his he still making floats.
Mark, he stopped in 2000. I got some of the last ones.
I'll put up a photo of the collection.
I expect they are quite collectible now....
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Re: What are these floats for...?
Nice and simple good looking floats
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Re: What are these floats for...?
Sounds fair. I've never much of a river float fisher...Steve on the Cam wrote:They look like Chubbers to me, I would should fish similar to an Avon,
ideally a shallow glide.
So I guess they would be double rubbered?
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Re: What are these floats for...?
I would use a single rubber as they have an eye.Snape wrote:Sounds fair. I've never much of a float fisher...Steve on the Cam wrote:They look like Chubbers to me, I would should fish similar to an Avon,
ideally a shallow glide.
So I guess they would be double rubbered?
The problem comes from trying to find a rubber big enough.
I use pellet bands, they look stunning.
Modern clear plastic floats to me look like that pen (awful).
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Re: What are these floats for...?
Definitely chubber variants and very nice Snape.
The inclusion of the dreaded red pen... Teacher per chance?
Red biro used to adorn my schoolwork frequently and quite often included little asides and messages penned from schoolmasters.
Things like "must try harder!" and "see me!" favourites. :sarcasm:
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Things like "must try harder!" and "see me!" favourites. :sarcasm:
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Re: What are these floats for...?
These are the others....
L-R 1996 Champagne cork perch float, 2x 1997 Avons, 2 x 2000 Avons, 2 x 2000 chubbers.
Stillwater reeds and quills all 2000 (I'm sure I had more than this!)
L-R 1996 Champagne cork perch float, 2x 1997 Avons, 2 x 2000 Avons, 2 x 2000 chubbers.
Stillwater reeds and quills all 2000 (I'm sure I had more than this!)
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Re: What are these floats for...?
Thanks for confirming they are chubbers. I must use floats more on the river this year. I've never caught a barbel on the float. Challenge for this season...4ngler wrote:Definitely chubber variants and very nice Snape.
The inclusion of the dreaded red pen... Teacher per chance?
Red biro used to adorn my schoolwork frequently and quite often included little asides and messages penned from schoolmasters.
Things like "must try harder!" and "see me!" favourites. :sarcasm:
Yes 4ngler. I'm one of those..... but comments are meant to be more constructive these days.....
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