ALL BALSA POLE FLOAT
The
all balsa pole float is gaining in
popularity, and there are a few British
float manufactures now making this handy
little float including My own Company
Gold Medal Floats.
This
float can be used on drifting canals,
drains, and slow moving rivers and even
on commercial carp pools; this robust
float has the balsa shaped
aerodynamically for holding or trotting
in the swim or slopw moving drift.
The
Balsa tip allows more buoyancy; and
better sight for long pole fishing, some
floats come with quick-change float
adaptors, so the use of an eye is made
redundant.
With
a shoulder on the float shotting can be
made up of a reducing weight, or bulk,
and can be held up in a flow.
The
buoyancy of the tip allows a method of
dragging the bottom of the canal,
slowing the bait up in a drift. Caster
fishing is an extremely good bet with
this float. Setting
the float twelve inches over depth, and
with a couple of shots laying on, the
float will slow up in a tow, from time
to time the float may drag under,
getting the correct balance, will help
slow up the presentation.
Another
little tip with this methods is when the
flow starts to pull on the canal or
drain lay the float down stream of the
shot, and when the flow catches the
float the bait will move suddenly, after
laying on the bottom for a few seconds.
This sudden movement will attract a fish
almost straight away, the fish thinks
the bait is getting away and so it will
respond to it.
Using
style leads weights are very useful
after pinching them lightly on the line
with a style pinch tool; they can be
slid up or down the line to change the
shotting pattern. Bunching them together
to make a bulk for getting the bait down
faster and keeping it on the bottom, or
splitting them up to create a slow drop
bait presentation.
Split
shots work equally as well, as long as
they are used in small sizes. Squeeze
them lightly on the hook for sliding, if
split shot doesn't slide on the line
then squeeze the split on the shot in
the opposite direction that you put them
on. This will allow them to move.
ALL
BASA
POLE FLOAT
SHOTTING
POLE
FLOAT
CONVERSION GUIDE
3x10 = 0.10g (2 x No10
shot)
4x10 = 0.15g (3 x No9
shot)
4x12 = 0.2g (5x No10 shot)
4x14 = 0.4g (6 x No8 shot)
4x16 = 0.5g (8x No8 shot)
4x18 = 0.75g (3 x No3
shot)
4x20 = 1g (4 x No3 shot)
5x20 = 1.25g (5 x No3
shot)
