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SteelheadAdict

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Float modification
« on: December 18, 2013, 08:34:21 PM »

Not shuer about u guys but i modify my floats. I buy Foam dne floats normalcy 25 gram i take 2 bbq sticks in each end and cut them about  2inches in lenght. Next i use some plastic tubing from the hobby shop  with holds the line on the bbq stick. These work really well for float fishing jigs u get a longer and a better drag free drift i also find u can see alot better on what the float is doing in the currrent dp any of u guys do anything like this?
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2013, 08:46:39 PM »

Sound god to me
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2013, 08:54:23 PM »

Not shuer about u guys but i modify my floats. I buy Foam dne floats normalcy 25 gram i take 2 bbq sticks in each end and cut them about  2inches in lenght. Next i use some plastic tubing from the hobby shop  with holds the line on the bbq stick. These work really well for float fishing jigs u get a longer and a better drag free drift i also find u can see alot better on what the float is doing in the currrent dp any of u guys do anything like this?

So you put some skewers into each end, and use plastic tubing to hold these sticks to your line? Yeah, I've heard of doing that before. Makes it really easy to change the size of your float.

My only problem with this is it doesn't allow the float to slide at all, which can be very useful at times.

I am curious as to how this gives a longer or better drift though? It seems if anything, having the line on the outside of the float rather than straight through it will give you a worse drift because the line would add drag on only one side of the float?
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2013, 09:32:04 PM »

all u need to do is bull the plastic tube from from top or bottom and it slides easy.

u get a beeter drift because your line is held the extra 2inches off the water thus this helping u to have a better drag free drift
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2013, 09:35:07 PM »

Sound god to me
Granted, it's a good idea, but I wouldn't deify him for it :)
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2013, 10:29:36 PM »

Lol i know bent rod aka (rod toth) does it alot
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2013, 10:42:14 PM »

Don't they already come with tubing ?
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2013, 10:53:59 PM »

through the middle they do
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2013, 05:18:04 PM »

Why don't you just go across the line and buy some there that are built with the sticks. I think you can find them here to but just not large enough. Thill I know for sure makes them. I just sold a bunch of balsa floats awhile back that are designed like that. I can't recall if I did or didn't sell the bag my dad had of them  ???
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2013, 05:33:20 PM »

how long are the stemms
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zap brannigan

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Re: Float modification
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2013, 07:48:08 PM »

First light in burnaby sells the modified floats aswell.
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2013, 07:54:11 PM »

who are they made by do u know zap
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2013, 08:11:38 PM »

not sure actually they resemble the dne floats a bit but they have a mast built into them.
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Re: Float modification
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2013, 08:44:23 PM »

As HOOK said, Thill is the manufacturer.

Here is a video from Fishing Addicts Northwest out of Washington/Oregon showing how to rig their floats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b52konSXOc8

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Re: Float modification
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2013, 08:54:12 PM »

Shauno those float dont take alot of wait at all and they are also very small by the looks of them
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