Remember these vintage fishing floats from back in the day?
When it comes to fishing with floats and bobbers, nothing takes us back in time like the homemade cork, wood or even glass floats that indicated the first strike we each saw.
Floats probably got their start in the early days of fishing, when native peoples used fishing nets to catch fish for sustenance. Over time, different methods surfaced, using floats in different ways. Net floats may have been where it all started, but leave it to the solo angler to try his vintage hand and wood floats to make sure no fish get away.
Check out some of the old bobbers that may no longer be at the end of a line, but rather hung up as some kind of nautical decor.
They're mostly made from wood, but that's not all. Here's one fashioned from a cattail stem!
Old Carlisle floats from the 60s
Don't these look like miniature bowling pins?
A porcupine quill? You Bet.
This old Sure-Set is from the 70s.
Tiki heads
As a fishing tool, fishing floats come in many various sizes and shapes. People will use them for both day fishing and night fishing, with many newer models incorporating an LED light. Fishing tackle will come and go, but the bobber is here to stay.
For kids, it's the epitome of fishing fun to see a red-green cork bob up and down, only to disappear under the water. The fun doesn't begin until the cork floats go down. Float fishing is and was the only way to have fun when we were kids, and us old fishing gurus know it well!
Now you may have to get yourself over to Ebay to find some of this stuff and if you do, don't let them end up on a wall somewhere as simple home decor.
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