Self cocking planer float

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Fri Jan 15 2016 19:55

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Thought I would knock up a self cocking version of the planer float,rather than a plastic vane it has a aluminium one,hopefully a bit more robust than the plastic ones too.

Crackoff · Post by **Crackoff** » Tue Jan 19 2016 09:18

Boy o Boy I wish we lived nearer each other Bri

Grant

Carlperkins · Post by **Carlperkins** » Tue Jan 19 2016 17:33

That looks s**t............

The two you made me look better

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Tue Jan 19 2016 21:39

Crackoff wrote:
Boy o Boy I wish we lived nearer each other Bri

Grant

We were neighbours once,in a field in Wales

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Tue Jan 19 2016 21:40

Carlperkins wrote:
That looks s**t............

The two you made me look better

Kayak floats

Carlperkins · Post by **Carlperkins** » Tue Jan 19 2016 21:55

Not when I'm in it

alexthefisherman · Post by **alexthefisherman** » Wed Mar 02 2016 22:28

any chance of a bit more detailed step by step instructional post and some close up photos? would be just the job for float trolling on the kayak....

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Thu Mar 03 2016 18:49

I will get on it

alexthefisherman · Post by **alexthefisherman** » Fri Mar 04 2016 16:02

top man much appreciated!

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Fri Mar 04 2016 17:03

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Hope this is clear enough,the parts you need are
Bike spoke & nipple
Swivel
Tubing,shrink tube or similar
Aluminium plate
Shitty cheap bobbin
Polyball
Basically put swivel down spoke to the bent riveted end,add tubing to keep in place,measure where vane & polyball will sit,bend crank into spoke,drill plate top & bottom & side,2mm is fine,put spoke through bottom hole then bend through top hole & bend in another crank to hold in place,drill out polyball or just push hot needle through,push on so it goes down onto top of vane,screw on nipple.paint & glue or whatever.
The shitty bobbin basically goes through the other hole causing an offset,the float will then sail away from you as you pay line then pull tight,if you want it to go the other way,just reverse bobbin,when you get a take or simply want to retrieve simply strike out of bobbin & float becomes normal sliding waggler.
More photos to follow on

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Fri Mar 04 2016 17:07

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Hope this makes sense

Carlperkins · Post by **Carlperkins** » Fri Mar 04 2016 17:16

No
Your photos are upside down

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Fri Mar 04 2016 19:59

It's an iPad thing I reckon,I have tried each & every way round & the tawts are still up side down

brian harrison · Post by **brian harrison** » Fri Mar 04 2016 20:01

If you open them,they are the right way up FFS

alexthefisherman · Post by **alexthefisherman** » Mon Mar 07 2016 18:19

thanks a lot looks great!

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