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Glass Floats
by Louis Jones
(Ashton, Md.)
I just read an article you featured. The writer talked about finding baseball and basketball sized floats (balls?). What is the definition of a float and what is usually the origin?
Hi Louis,
That's not our "area of expertise" so I am going to try see if Stu Farnsworth himself is available to answer this question. (Click here to see articles)
Of course we do welcome comments from anyone else who wants to add something about glass floats!
I've got a question also that I've been wondering about. I assumed that glass floats were always used for floating the edge of a fishing net.
But it seems that in describing one of the floats, you said that they were used for long-line fishing. Am I remembering right? If so, how were they attached to the long line?
David (editor)
Jun 18, 2009
Glass Floats by: Stu Farnsworth
Hello; In response to what is the definition of a Glass Float. That is hard to answer unless you have a specific question.
They are Molten Glass blown into a ball from a blow pipe and come out looking like a Glass Ball and used for diferent types of Fishing depending on size.
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, etc etc used these floats at different times starting from the mid teens. It is thought that Norway or Sweden could have used Glass Floats as early as the late 1700s but nothing has really been concrete on this yet.
If there are ever any specific questions on Glass Floats feel free to contact me at stufarns@yahoo.com and I'll be more than happy to help. Stu Farnsworth
