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The Eyes Have It

Floats and float fishing both have a lot of fans here at BBG. Hers a pic for the float fans.
These floats came from eBay, and cost me a whole dollar. That's 8 for a dollar - shipped free. They came from China, so took a week to get here.
And they had no eyes. They are four inches long, so are just right sized. But they're useless without some way to attach them to a line.
So, I added some eyes from hard wire. I've used similar floats for years, so I know these will do the job once balanced.
Now, I really have too many floats....

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on August 20, 2014 at 6:01pm: I'm a slip floater Keith. I like slip floating this sort, because it keeps the line down out of the wind.
Most people think slip floats are only useful for deep water. But 2 feet or 20, it's the same.
From these I'll go to a tiny little popper float, when I want an absolutely 'no impact' presentation.

Comment by Keith Ritter on August 20, 2014 at 5:43pm: How you gonna rig them now Scruff? You gonna use keeper at the top?

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on August 20, 2014 at 11:41am: Thanks Johnny.
These aren't bad floats - I've used the same style before. Balance 'em right and they do the job. Last a lifetime?
No. But 8 for a buck.... That's okay. Of course, eyeless is useless.
I pulled some thermocouple wire, super glue and heat shrink tubing from the shop. Bend the wire in a "U" shape, glue it to the shaft so the bend makes an eye and add a heat shrink sleeve to finish.
A few were actually drilled end wise, and a wire-formed eye inserted.... That was a little too tedious. Plus, the shafts tend to split if you drill too far into the end grain.
Either way, they'll do nicely as slip floats.

Comment by Johnny wilkins on August 20, 2014 at 10:30am: I wondered about the craftsmanship on those eyes-

They eyes are the best part of those floats. : )

Nice engineering.