Slip floats

[fishindude]

I use slip floats for a variety of fishing. I like to purchase the ones with the metal grommet in the top so the line doesn't cut into the plastic. I have also had line cut into the plastic tube at the bottom which causes the line to stick and the float won't function as designed. I would like to modify my floats so that they have a metal grommet at both the top and bottom. Does anyone have any ideas where to acquire these grommets? I have searched the internet to no avail.

Thanks,
fishindude

[walleyemaniac]

I too use slips for anything deeper than 4'. I've never used the metal grommeted ones. I do use a plastic bead between the bobber and the stop though, and never have any issues with cutting in. I almost exclusively use braid so it cuts pretty easy without that bead.

I see a company called Bentley that makes some with metal sleeves on the entry hole. They almost look like brass inserts for compression fittings, only smaller than the ones you'd find say on a refrigerator ice maker line. Check this link out.

http://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/plum.../0000000095127

I don't know what sizes and diameters are available, but maybe something like that????

[rooster]

if your float has a plastic stem you can heat the tube and insert a small bead in it

[fishindude]

Guys, Thanks for the replies. I have used plastic beads and the line still cuts in after extended use. As the float lies flat as the bait sinks, the line is cutting into the bottom end of the plastic tube. I fish a lot of ultralight with 4 and 6 pound test and the thin line tends to cut the plastic. Walleyemaniac- the metal sleeve link looks like exactly what I need if I can find the right size. Maybe I need to visit a plumbing supply company with one from one of my floats. Rooster - the bead idea is a good one...I hadn't thought about using a glass bead (it won't cut). Thanks for the suggestions!

[Moveon]

I use those red/white foam type slip bobbers that you get in a package of 5 at Wal-mart in the fishing section.

I took some clear finger nail polish and brushed some onto the top and bottom holes to harden them up. This works and it won't add very little extra weight to the foam float. I have all my lead head jigs a certain weight to make the float sit in the water just right. If a fish take the jig in it's mouth it lessens the weight on the float and the float will lift up out of the water a little or a lot and tip over on it's side indicating that I've got a bite. That is if the crappie just swims up slowly to the jig and inhales it and doesn't move away.

I got the Clear Fingernail Polish when I was mounting asbestos testing filters on a microscopic glass slide. The clear nail polish attaches the cover slips onto the glass slide so it won't fall or and makes the slide mount permanent. (NIOSH 7400 Method) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. It's a laboratory method for the sampling and analysis of asbestos fibers in the air. I use to be an analysis for an Environmental Laboratory that did sampling and analysis for the Asbestos Abatement Industry. So that's where I got the idea of using Clear Fingernail Polish.

I also used my microscope to look at the fish scale's growth rings to determine the age of the fish I caught. By looking at the growth rings one can tell about the growth rate also. Like the rings on a tree's cross section you can see that the wider growth rings indicated good moisture content and adequate growth conditions when the rings were laid down. Rings that are very tight and close together indicate that the conditions for growth were poor.

Scientists can look at the growth ring pattern of ancient trees an determine when the Earth's Climate in the area where the tree grew was good or poor. Warm or cold. Warm times equal faster growth and wider rings where as cold dry times equals tighter or closer rings and poor growth conditions.

I too use slips for anything deeper than 4'. I've never used the metal grommeted ones. I do use a plastic bead between the bobber and the stop though, and never have any issues with cutting in. I almost exclusively use braid so it cuts pretty easy without that bead.

I see a company called Bentley that makes some with metal sleeves on the entry hole. They almost look like brass inserts for compression fittings, only smaller than the ones you'd find say on a refrigerator ice maker line. Check this link out.

http://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/plum.../0000000095127

I don't know what sizes and diameters are available, but maybe something like that????