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I JUST MADE THESE A I AM EXCITED TO FIELD TEST THEM. THEY ARE REAL EASY TO MAKE AND WOULD BE A GOOD'CHEAP; WINTER TIME, FISHING ORIENTED,  PROJECT FOR KIDS OR ANYBODY. I'LL PROBABLLY NEVER BUY STORE BOUGHT FLOATS AGAIN.

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pretty darn neat.  You are right about stealing........... Not sure how you can protect the idea except the possibility of a patten. Anyway, make a bunch and market them right here, if it's allowed.

I had a float given to me last week and thought I would show you and give you some new ideas.
LOL, now that would make a great shark fishing float
Keith, I too make my own crappie jigs nd love to make bass and stripper top water lures. I have only sold one and regretted it. It seems that I am only cocerned with what I have made and if they will fool a fish. I'm not a rich man but these are for me and my friends I have given some away but have not sold but one..A friend of my wife couldn't wait to post two on Ebay but when they wouldn't sell I was relieved and now I think my Ebay days are over..enjoy your hobby and don't sweat the money thinggy..   <(((((((< swim dang it
Thanks Vic the joy is in the giving. The work is an escape. Watching it disappear is icing on the cake.
Keith, you are so right, when I catch a nice mess of crappie on the jigs I have made I am like an old alfa rooster with a pen full of egg laying hens...satisfied...LOL 

The corncob float is about as old as dirt, as far as I know. Ive seen them in old angling books and on the internet, too.

Yours look pretty nice, they could double as wagglers after a fashion, too. Do not forget to waterproofing them well with some urethane or shellac, though. The cob will absorb water, unlike corks or styrofoam.

I dip them twice in polyuerthane. I tank tested one for a week It adsorbed some water but still floated. Describe a "waggler" to me.  Please tell me their purpose and how to rig and fish one.  I didn't invent the wheel. Anything that will float can be used as a float. I make some with used wine corks too.   

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