Fishing floats, like these beautiful yellow ones, serve two purposes. First, it will allow the bait to be suspended at a predetermined depth, and second it's an indicator of a bite.
You'll find that floats will come in a variety of shapes and sizes. These gorgeous yellow glass balls are replicas of original fishing floats and made with hemp rope and hand blown glass. This lovely hand blown yellow glass ball is just about 10" in diameter.
The Norwegians, back in the 1840s, were the first to make use of these types of handmade, glass fishing floats. The majority of the originals people find today are usually from the fishing industry in Japan.
These lovely yellow glass fishing floats would make an awesome gift to any nautical collector as well as fitting easily into a beach themed room. They also make gorgeous sun catchers if you hang them out in your garden, or even indoors.
