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The floats have been coming out of the workshop at a slow and steady pace, but the weather had been awful recently, with my local river burs...

A bit of a hiatus from the blog for a short while... I finished some grayling floats, admittedly a while ago, for the same recipient as the ...

Yet more Reg Righyni grayling floats, this time with a balsa tip and some internal reinforcement to make sure there's no problems when a...

The next batch to emerge from the workshop, predominantly grayling floats following Reg Righyni's timeless formula, with a couple of min...

So, why the repeated mention of Reg Righyni? For those who are already aware ignore this post... R V Righyni was a published salmon, trout a...

First batch awaiting the final coat of varnish Some in Harcork-inspired colours (despite no cork being used) Self-cocking t...

Recent finds acquired to add to the collection of commercial offerings... Not heard of this one before, more research required met...

The stepped down 5mm balsa tip snapped way too easily when assembling, and would be out under more pressure when in use due to the float ca...

In ‘Grayling’, published in 1968, and prior to that in an article the November 1963 issue of Creel (also captured in his anthology ‘Fishing...

A bit of inspiration, for 'tis the season. Here's some patterns, mostly from Middy I believe No, I don’t...