Mark my mum used to work at London zoo and would bring back peacock quills for my dad to make floats which I am still using forty years later tight lines mate all the best Gary on the very sunny Isle of wight

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

That is very interesting, i bet you did not go short for float making materials!

I’ve taken to making my own floats, and other bits and bobs of tackle of recent. I know they only do the same job, but I get a lot of satisfaction from, say, catching crucian on a antenna float I made to be super sensitive, and it working.

Hello , Mark . Peacock float . I understood it . In someday , I wanna try it for the help for fly fishing in Daiba River , Mishima . I moved to Mishima from Yokohama , in this May . I have no fishing rod now . Thank you very much . I love your smiling face . Take care . Good luck . Jun. 6th 2024 Thu. 05:05 am from Mishima City Japan .

I’ve started buying lures from Ali Express. Incredibly cheap and the quality is spot on. Delivery 1-2 weeks. Next order includes hooks and other terminal tackle, hopefully similarly decent quality 🤞 It’s addictive!!

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

haha yes very addictive and I agree about lures, as I have bought quite a few from there myself.

Cheers Mark, like the look of those. You look well mate, love your channel.

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 mate

@chepachii

2 ай бұрын

@@francolinobasco 👍

Aww, Evis. Was going to ask how he's doing. beautiful cat 🐈 m8. 👍👍🎣🎣🎣👍🐈🐈

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mick and hope yours is doing well!

I use Ali Express lots too, fishing tackle and electronics. Thanks for the video Mark, beautiful cat.

@markerd5378

2 ай бұрын

Ian I find them decent too. Good prices and yet some people would vilify those of us trying to save money. Because heaven forbid you shouldn't look to save some money 🙄. Then others suggest they'll unsubscribe from me for having made this video. Yet the same people will happily purchase Chinese made tackle with English brand names. Not able to see the wood for the trees springs to mind.

@ianglamb

2 ай бұрын

@@markerd5378 Fully agree mate! You can even buy English branded 'stuff' that isn't available here, if you wish ... e.g. Korda underpants 😂😂😂😂😂

Beautiful cat Mark. Thanks for the float info.

@markerd5378

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome mate.

hi mark happy to see Elvis! for floats I still prefer the English models! even if the price is attractive the beauty of the float is English! see you soon

Hi Mark I agree there are many items out there I get some from Temu very interesting

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Yes there are, i agree :)

nice bargains mark hehe!

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😀

i remember you made some perch bobbers . it aktualy would be fun iff you showed some do it your self videos. i use foam erbuds with a tothpick as micro floats for perch and crusians

i’ve bought a few bits and pieces from aliexpress…. got some good packs of ledgering rig items for carp fishing with all the components for a safe free running rig and they were less than a fiver whereas in this country in a tackle shop you’re paying double… I bought a 100 piece lixada set in a nice box and a hirisi 40 piece camouflage set… excellent value…

@francolinobasco

20 күн бұрын

Good stuff and Hirisi make some very good hooks too.

@Williamthehedonist

20 күн бұрын

@@francolinobasco yeah i’ve recently ordered barbed for the river and barbless for the carp ponds…. again good prices…

Those "continental" style floats always look a bit big to me, though they probably have their place on larger lakes. The quills look a bargain for just four squid. Delivered. A good point has been made in the comments about local tackle shops... To be honest, I quite enjoy going back to basics, and using just a bit of twig or even grass stem as an indicator, being it a float or bobbin. Cheers chap.

Elvis is gorgeous 🙂

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

He's a lovely boy and very adventurous.

When is the closed season?

@francolinobasco

Ай бұрын

closed season is from the 15th of March till June 16th on british rivers and some canals.

I've never heard of Ali Express 🤔

They look good Mark, might have to order a few. He's a very handsome chap, is he the director?

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Pete and Elvis he's always the dorector, he directs us with everything he wants to do lol!

@carpypete

2 ай бұрын

@francolinobasco I know how it is, mate, being a cat servant too! Lol

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

@@carpypete 😂

I bought a fly fishing lanyard, 9.99 off temu... Exactly the same one was on Amazon for 25 pound 😂😂😂😂. Rip off Britain.

Good afternoon sir

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Good afternoon to you too !

@jackiejames526

2 ай бұрын

❤. Hello Elvis 👋. The 🌟 😅. Oh,hi to you too @francolinobasco😅. Great video as usual 👌. 😊

@jackiejames526

2 ай бұрын

​@@francolinobasco👍

Coming soon.. why are there no tackle shops left...

@markerd5378

2 ай бұрын

To be fair I think that ships sailed to a degree and whilst people can suggest about paying more to support local tackle shops, I'm afraid cost is cost cost to the consumer. Most tackle items come from China anyway and then get marked up somewhat terribly at times in our tackle shops.

@leftmono1016

2 ай бұрын

@@markerd5378- very true.

The are not peacock quills more like goose quills

@mikeedward3161

2 ай бұрын

they are peacock

@czechspy5124

2 ай бұрын

How do you know they are Peacock quills..?

I'd rather 1 good quality float for £4 that I appreciate than a bag full of cheap stuff that leaks, cracks and breaks... just my opinion....

@mikeedward3161

2 ай бұрын

Why would you assume that paying more guarantees you quality or that they have cracks and breaks? I have used many of the same floats Mark is showing and most of those are still going strong when other named brands (premier floats Drennan) have bit the dust!

@czechspy5124

2 ай бұрын

Its the reputation and experience of products from China. Generally knock off designs made with poor quality materials, thats where I get it from.

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Sorry you feel that way. However most of our "british" tackle companies items you purchase already are fabricated in China, which I'm sure you know. I have had as much quality issue with items I have purchased inside the uk from said british companies who outsource their labour and fabrication to china yet are supposed to keep a hawkish eye on quality control... Of course you can then fall back and say "oooh but you're getting better customer service" Outside of Drennan and a few others not really. This is far from my first time using Ali baba/express etc. Have I had any issues though? Yes sure, I had couple of items that didn't show up or match expectations but Ali express re-imbursed me without an issue (just make sure you buy from a reputable feedback shop on there). I understand that it is not for everyone but there is a level of illusion that you are buying british from the big names in the UK and supporting them when in reality they are Chinese produced and prices then get bumped up when resold back in this country of ours. I have rods from Andorra that cost me 400 Pesetas yes 400. Purchased many years ago, they are still going strong,cork handles, short (6ft) cheap cheerful, landed me many low double figure carp as a teenage lad. Conversely I have british tackle companies items that have failed me. Gardner tackles specialist landing net pole that had an epoxy resin at the thread end which seperated. I was told by one of their reps that he had had the same issues and repaired his himself.. I had a Wychwood specialist folding landing net (a landing net i still put up with and replace despite its misgivings) which came away at the spreader block due to the design relying on tension and the block plastic gradually widening and then there Korum whom I don't really need to speak about, other than to say I was inundated with emails and messages from items ranging from their chairs failing at weld joints on non obese people to the korum snapper nets and snapper rods failing. What makes me angry the most though with some (not all) of our British tackle companies is the shocking customer service relations towards genuine customers whom have not treated their tackle badly and yet the items have failed on them, then left with little to no support or rudely treated. I do Apologise for my protracted reply and will end in saying that I would love british tackle companies to bring product fabrication and labour back inside the UK but I don't think we will ever see that happening again in a hurry and of course that would bring a bump in item production costs, but at the same time it might also bring back increased quality control a sense of pride in buying and supporting real british (not rebadged) and thus increased custom from UK anglers.

don't complain when your tackle shop disappears through locals making minor savings.You make Western wages, spend it where the tax goes back in to supporting UK citzens...

@francolinobasco

2 ай бұрын

Thing is it isn't really minor savings is it? Especially when the tackle shops are selling marked up chinese products from some of the largest supposedly "british" tackle manufacturers anyway. The actual main issue here is how item fabrication,production etc has long moved outside of the UK with many British companies so they can save on labour and part cost, yet not pass it back on to consumers.

@RGRIMOWEN

2 ай бұрын

@@francolinobasco British businesses pay tax and employ people here in the UK. Thats where your savings come from when buying from the east, they make minimal contribution to our economy and take money out of the country to pay wages and make profit.This leads to increases in tax to sustain public spending in the Uk, etc...

@MarkErdwin

2 ай бұрын

What part of items being sold by British tackle companies yet still fabricated in China is helping the British economy exactly?? The part where our British tackle companies employ Chinese staff lol? and factories and then price hike when the items are then sold over here?