| #1  05-06-2011, 02:24 PM | ||||
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| "Puddle Chucker" floats I got one to do a bit of distance fishing for roach. Seemed a cracking job. But no! I clipped it onto the line to use as a sliding float. Below that I had a swivel and my hooklength tied to it. When I cast it out it cocked itself (obviously as it is a loaded float) but the weight of the swivel wasnt enough to pull my hooklength and maggot down. So I added shots to sink my hooklength but by the time I had enough on to sink my hooklength, the float was sinking too! Hopefully I have explained that in a way that you can understand. Any tips for me?     |
| #3 05-18-2011, 01:50 PM | ||||
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| Re: "Puddle Chucker" floats Quote:
It sounds like you need an ‘Onion’ Waggler or a ‘Dart’ which carries less ‘weight loading’ and allows more shot to be put down the line. Darts: These are usually thin straight wagglers with some solid brass tubing loaded into their base and a thin sensitive tip, the loading is not enough to make the float sit up in the water on its own so you can still shot the float as normal with 70% to 80% of the shot up against the float base. If you need to cast a little further than a normal straight waggler then a Dart will enable you to do this and still enable you to use a sensitive float. Onions: Onions are the next step up from a Dart and enable you to fish up to around 20 to 30 yards and sink your line fairly easily. They have a smallish rounded body at their base with a long and usually tapering stem and are loaded with solid brass tubing at their base. Like the Dart: the loading is not enough to make the float sit up properly in the water on its own so you can still space out added shot as required. Zoomers: These have a bigger body than an Onion and are loaded with heavier brass tubing in their base for reaching much further distances. I think you can still buy Darts and Onions but I don’t think that Zoomers are still available in the shops. NB. The original Zoomers were developed by the master match angler 'Ivan Marks' and his team mates for fishing huge Bream shoals at really long distances, and were originally very large floats which were attatched to their lines both top and bottom but were later sold in the shops as much smaller wagglers which were fished bottom only but could still be cast long distances. These floats could be cast almost out of sight but had so much loading in their bases that they used to sink a couple of feet under water when they landed and could end up spooking the fish if you were not careful, but it won them many large trophie matches If I need to fish much deeper swims (up to around 12ft to 15ft) with a float at distance then I use a 17ft to 20ft Match rod so that I can still shot my float as I need to; rather than use a slider with its inevitable shot all bunched together nearer the hook. anyway good luck and tight lines hope this has been of use Keith (BoldBear) __________________ My Web Site (The Average Coarse Angler) Happiness is Fish Shaped (It used to be woman shaped but the wifes getting on a bit now) |
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