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Gen. III Channel Catfish Floats!

Gen. III Channel Catfish Floats!

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Homemade Fishing Floats, Part III

Varnish adds UV protection. Epoxy deteriorates in sunlight. You need to protect the epoxy. The epoxy protects the wood and float’s components. The varnish protects the epoxy and adds a kind of vintage look to the float by slightly darkening it.

Handmade Fishing Floats, Part II

Epoxy represents the second stage in making fishing floats. Use boat builder’s epoxy. Epoxy bonds everything together, an adhesive and a waterproofing agent. Its primary job makes once unit out of the dowel, wine cork, and the thread and wire. After that it’s time to sand. Since I cure these outside, dust and dirt settle…

Handmade Fishing Floats, Part I

Handmade Fishing Floats, Part I

Although Black Warrior Lures started out making trolling flies, float making has become the vast majority of the business. It happened over the course of one summer (2014). I took an interest in channel catfish angling, and I knew I’d need a good fishing float. Remembering how my dad make float I started with those…