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Tackle Making

	Float Making step 1. Bodied Waggler Ready for Assembly You can see in this picture we have cut a length of Peacock Quill to the required length, selected a balsa body and an eyed insert. This is now ready for assembly.
	Float Making : Step 2. Assemble Components. We have now put the float together, glueing the peacock stem and the plastic eyed insert into the balsa body with a small smear of araldite. As these bodies are already sealed, this float is now ready for painting.
	Float Making : Step 3 This float has now been glued and is ready for undercoating. White undercoat is used for the tip only. Once dry, apply a coat of Flourescent paint (purchase for model / D.I.Y. shops )of which ever colur you choose. Once that is dry, a small black ring can be added to simply finih off using an oil based black paint.
	Float Making : Step 4. Paint the body. The body ban now be painted (and the peacock stem if you wish) in a colour of you choice. I leave mine white but it is a matter of personal choice.
	Float Making : Step 5. Varnishing. A final coat of yacht varnish over the whole float accept the flourescent tip finishes your float. It is now ready for use.
	Float Making Options We have on offer eight different sizes of body taking weights from two grams up to twenty grams. We offer insert eyes for both bodied wagglers and straight peacock waggler and peacock either stripped or unstripped (requires sanding to finish). All our bodies have been finished and sealed and are ready for painting. Have a look at the Float Making Page and give it a try.
	Sea Specialist Wreckin Singles Make your own single hooks to put on your pirks using our Sea Specialist nickel 10/0 O'Shaunessy hooks and our 5mm silicone tubing. This is sold as a kit and you can ensure you loose less gear on snaggy wrecks by using a big single hook instead of a treble. All you need to do is cut a tail section using a hobby knife and then thread the tube on the hook (spit on the bend and shank before threading and it will slide on easily). To hold in place, fix a cable tie ( buy these from B&Q) and you're away.
	New Antenna These antenna will be in stock soon. They have been on order for some time now and as you can see from the photo they have a thin carbon stem and a hollow plastic tip. Make your straight peacock wagglers and bodied wagglers with these and produce the most sensitive floats you have ever used. Use the 50mm version with an 8" length of peacock, glue the antenna in place, glue the cane or plastic insert in place and sand down the peacock. Get a 2 litre Coke bottle, cut it off at the neck and fill it with water. Now wrap six or eight turns of lead wire just above the bottom insert and place in the plastic container of water. The float should cock with approx. 2" of peacock sticking out of the water, if it doesn't, add / (replace) more wire till you achieve the 2" sticking out of the water. Once complete, allow to dry for a few hours, ensure the lead wire is tightly in place file the ends so flat if needs be then apply 2 coats of apoxy resin. Finish your float with varnish or paint and I guarentee you will have the most sensitive float for lift/ bottom fishing you have ever used. (more pictures will follow)