How to Make FREE Foam FLY FISHING FLOATS / STRIKE INDICATORS - Fast, Easy & Customized
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- How to Make FREE Foam FLY FISHING FLOATS / STRIKE INDICATORS - Fast, Easy & Customized. The foam fly fishing floats in this video are fast and easy to make AND use. In the field the fly fishing floats are effective, customizable and time saving. You can also use the foam bobber as strike indicators. I found many fly fishing float designs to be great but lacking in one aspect or another. I wanted a fly fishing float or strike indicator I could slide up and down the line quickly and easily. I wanted a fishing float / strike indicator I could take on or off quickly if I was not already using a float. I wanted a fly fishing float that held tight where i wanted it all day if need be. Looking at my fly cards the thought came all too quick and simple. LIGHTNING. A small rectangle and a few holes in 5mm foam make a superior fly fishing float at the cost of 1/10 of a cent. A lifetime supply for a $1.29 investment. Simply GOLD in all aspects! And yes... They cast great! I hope you give these fly fishing floats a try! Have fun out there and we are always happy to share our experiences with all those around the world and hope you enjoyed the video as much as we did making it and remember always - Fish Your Way!
Saved my life!! Have some here and trying to find something to use as an indicator! You’re a genius! Thank you!
Thanks for watching and commenting they work great you can cut to a better shape to suit your need make a great plain old bobber too anything from fly fishing float, bobber indicator anything!
Great idea, will check out more on your channel. Great job!
Welcome aboard!
I don't care that they are cheap. They're the only indicator that I can tolerate. Super light and adjustable. Only downside is they're not removable, but it's no big deal. A couple things that may help. Make the hole on the very ends of the float and round the corners. Less likely for the line to catch and tangle on the float. I think I like a longer thinner float because there's less wind resistance for the same volume. If you're getting slippage try adding a half or whole turn when you thread your line back in to the second hole.
Good stuff, to make em removable make a loop like a U insert that in one of the holes and through the other. Place the bottom end of the U on the other side of the float and pull slight tight. The only part that sucks is to adjust you have to take off and do again but its quick.
“Lifetime supply for $1.29, whats more to beat?” 😆👌🏽👌🏽
Thanks Viet hard to argue and loved your comment... Must add they cast great, customizable, quick to make and use! In many aspects they are superior in use and cost to marketed floats!
Thanks so much for the tips you share. haven't got to try it yet, weather turned cold again, but great time to make some and rebuild some old reels ;) lol Thanks Kirk and Pam
Hi Kirk and Pam! Much welcome and thanks! They are great, been stuck on them! The great thing is they cast great and can even use as regular floats looking forward to that! Always awesome to hear from you2! Jerry
Hi Jerry, You always come up with some great DIY tackle ideas. I like to spend my free time working on my fishing gear and making leaders and rigs. These floats are a great idea and looks like a perfect project for making at home. Thanks, Mickey
Hi Mickey and thanks as always! Make them a tad bigger or double them up for a great spin float as well for the spinning gear. There is no float on the market that is as inexpensive and customizable as these oddly. I forgot how fun it was watching a float take off and been using them all week if I needed them or not!
Hi Jerry, You can make them in different sizes and shapes. You can use them in a variety of situations and they are very inexpensive. Great idea. Take care, Mickey
You got it and always adding more!!!
Awesome, creative, and easy on the pocket 👍🏻 TY Jerry , hope your doing well my friend
Thanks Diesel! Light on both the back pocket and shirt pocket! Great to hear from you and thanks as always!
Great idea, Jerry! I like the 2-hole concept to make it easy to adjust up and down. It would be my luck that the fish of a lifetime would hit the float and not the fly.
Thanks David they work great! It can happen! Some feathers and a hook will take care of that issue for ya but another video! Much appreciate as always for watching and commenting!
Home made always satisfying....fishing your way
Thanks smokster! I am sure they would make great snapper poppers too! Another video!
I know if you get any thumbs down most likely is going to be from the tackle market suppliers 😁😁
Oh 👌😍 don’t throw your old flip flops guys, recycle it in to a life time supply floats indicator.
Good one Jerry!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks SurfSkagit, have to add a lifetime of floats from a old pair of flip flops would have been a great title! Keep the fly line tight!
Great video, very informative and soothing. I’m making some of these. Thanks 👍👍
They are awesome I was using them the other day for picky striper with some large clousers they floated and floated held a big eye in the zone!!! Thanks Martin!
Fish Your Way I was throwing big streamers for bass yesterday and a guy had a bobber like indicator, he said they were expensive and I’m not comfortable spending a lotta cash on stuff like that so I ran a search and I’m glad I found your video. By the way, I need to upgrade my surf reel (I’m using a composite one with really weak drag) what would you recommend?
They are and they cast horrible the zingamabobbers or any bobber may as well be spin fishing with flies I think. As per the reel I dont use much drag most comes from my hand and rod angle. I use the cortland 100 ltd's and taken a liken to the ocean city 90's recently which are semi automatic ruclips.net/video/GGIyUIcUy_w/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/-_7Inx_WjgI/видео.html One reel I do recommend especially for surf fishing are the older pfluger 1495-1/2 or the 1498. The have a great drag, time tested, spare spool are easy to purchase on ebay and a quick rinse with fresh water will yield a lifetime of fishing. I would prefer the 1495-1/2 its a smaller lighter reel and should hold plenty of backing but if you are chasing regularly larger fish the 1498 is a bit bigger both will do the job. The 1495-1/2 has a wider spool so you can get a good amount of backing too and will handle larger fish and the harsh salt/sand well nice drag on em too check em out here ruclips.net/video/kifSr_oVmog/видео.html.
Fish Your Way ha! Actually that’s what I use for trout and it is a great reel, I just didn’t think of it for the surf. Thanks for the info 👍.
Much welcome, just rinse well I keep a can of wd40 in the car too so I can spray the whole thing out on site if need be. I prefer lighter reels
Just use a pin or even a hook to go under the line on the single looped to snag the line and pull it up and loose.
Wow I like that add Im thinking toothpick! Thanks for sharing!
HeIIo Iike 21 Bro very good 🤙🤙🤙🎁
Hi Yacin! Great to hear from you and thanks as always!
thank you so much my friend
Making it is easy but casting it 🤔🤔
So confused now...
You can cut small as you need and to size use 1mm 2mm foam narrow profile if you need a smaller float they cast great for me
sorry these dont work on a fly line.
Try putting them on the leader that will help
I did. Two cast and it disappeared.
@@adventureswithfrodo2721 Are you using sinking line? Makes a great indicator
Sorry these are the only fly fishing indicators I use, with thousands of casts. Work flawlessly
I use nerf darts 😆😆
Great idea! I see some all the time on the beach here and there, thanks for sharing!