Newark Needle float

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Re: Newark Needle float

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I was rummaging about under my bed tonight (don't ask, but cats were involved !!!) when I came across a box I must have had for years ... including a hook tier ... a disgorger, ... 12 quills from4in to 9 1/2in ... One float I will post about elsewhere ... and these 3 Newark Needle Floats of 5in., 7in., and 8 3/4in. If nothing else ... they certainly look splendid !!!

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I believe I have the same set of three needle floats. If memory serves me correctly, they may have been an Angling Times freebie, posted to you when you sent in a few coupons. Late 1970s?

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Sorry Mal, they did look different, futuristic even but they were pretty awful. Very good for stirring paint and for prizing lids off of things and impromptu darts however, considering the amount given away by AT I doubt that 2% were put into regular use.

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Ive also got one somewhere that I think came free taped to the Angling Times. I seem to remember I tried it once or twice on the local lodges I fished at the time and then put it away and have never used it since. I had presumed that it was designed more for rivers ?
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I hadn't thought about them for years. I might still have one tucked away somewhere. I can't remember actually using them.
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Actually not a bad Grayling or dace float. The plastic tip could do with a bit more colour but they work ok.

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