Float stops - dumb question
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Good question Bob,
It's one I asked about 6 months ago and didn't get a satisfactory answer to. Most of the answers required a degree of eyesight that surgery has so far failed to give me after 5 ops!
My attempts to persuade my eagle-eyed grandson to invest time & effort in trying to re-thread the stops onto the wire-loops proved to be more expensive than buying new ones!
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It's one I asked about 6 months ago and didn't get a satisfactory answer to. Most of the answers required a degree of eyesight that surgery has so far failed to give me after 5 ops!
My attempts to persuade my eagle-eyed grandson to invest time & effort in trying to re-thread the stops onto the wire-loops proved to be more expensive than buying new ones!
mg:hyperdrive
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A long time ago I did read about a way of doing this but I can't remember how, when I use them I leave the top one on the line if I can and chuck the other. I'll try and find where I read the method for keeping them
sagalout
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I have always thrown them away (and suffered deep bouts of depression because of the cost) but I have switch to Preston waggler adapters, brilliant bit of kit and basically totally completely 110% 24/7 5 days a week reusable.
PRESTON INNOVATIONS - WAGGLER ADAPTORS - COARSE FISHING - 5 PER PACK | eBay
PRESTON INNOVATIONS - WAGGLER ADAPTORS - COARSE FISHING - 5 PER PACK | eBay
I too use these and agree they are fine - different solution - different problem.
The float stops/grippa stops I use are for legering to provide a "giveable" stop rather than a line-breaker.
How did you address the "deep bouts of depression because of the cost" - same way as me? :w:w:w
Tight Lines :thumbs:
I have on occasion been successful reusing stops by making a single turn water knot to another line and sliding them over. I leave the tag end quite long but once done the grip level isn't as good. Unsurprisingly.
sagalout
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It wouldn't be rocket science to use a plastic "stick" and a bit of silicone tubing to give a reusable ledger stop. The ones I have bought in the past have been hard a hard plastic core and cover and I found they damaged the line.
Just trying to think of a suitable "stick/core", stem from a cotton bud, old float stem, twig, ........
I never re-use these at all.
When placing on the line you introduce a lot of heat by way of friction so to my mind I don't want to keep that piece of line either after a session.
(one of the reasons you should always wet the line before sliding them on)
The same goes for any line that has had shot pinched onto it, so at the end of the session it is all cut away, rolled up and put in my tackle box to be disposed of properly when I get home.
These stops are just penny items and I'd be kicking myself if I ever lost a fish due to weakened line having re-used the float stops . . . . . . . . . .
When placing on the line you introduce a lot of heat by way of friction so to my mind I don't want to keep that piece of line either after a session.
(one of the reasons you should always wet the line before sliding them on)
The same goes for any line that has had shot pinched onto it, so at the end of the session it is all cut away, rolled up and put in my tackle box to be disposed of properly when I get home.
These stops are just penny items and I'd be kicking myself if I ever lost a fish due to weakened line having re-used the float stops . . . . . . . . . .
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Hi Peter,
Take your point - but at £1 for 15 stops - when do they stop being 'penny items'?
Bang on - back to Plan A - toothpick ends and float rubbers - when I've used up all these float stops!
'Spose I could always fleeBay them!
Might help offset the cost of medication :w:wmg:
chrissh
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I have tried and failed
I only use one and leave it on the line they are small enough to pass though the rod rings. then i use a dust shot to anchor the float .
or 100x Fishing Rubber Float Bobber Stops Pitch Sinker Small 3 size available | eBay
100 packs of 5 stops £2.69
I only use one and leave it on the line they are small enough to pass though the rod rings. then i use a dust shot to anchor the float .
or 100x Fishing Rubber Float Bobber Stops Pitch Sinker Small 3 size available | eBay
100 packs of 5 stops £2.69
Erm, see post #10 above . . . .
Seriously though, I really never use the same lenght of line that has had anything attached to it, and I only ever bother recovering the larger shot sizes, so things like float stops I think are best discarded after use.
I am the same with my pole rigs and discard them after use and never re-use one at all preferring to break it down to its constituent components and will only re-use the floats and the olivettes, I even discard the float rubbers and use new silicon tubing for the next rig.
A bit OCD, possibly, but then it is my old background of match fishing where every lost fish is a lost opportunity . . . . . . .
Ray Roberts
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I agree with Peter, ya bunch of tightwads.
Readjusting the stops because they had become loose would get right on my tits. By the time I have paid for; a licence, club membership, bait and travel a float stop isn't going to break the bank.
Lord Paul of Sheffield
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Right
I never use the same hook line or shot, or float or rod - I rip up my rod licence after each fishing trip and also burn the car after each outing and buy each item new for each trip
sagalout
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I normally think "their English is better than my Mandarin" but in this case I ain't so sure
I think this one might be even better
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100pcs-Sm...205?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e9c599bf5
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Use gumtree and save the charges!
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Keith M
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I usually just discard my used float stops and grip stops because they are such insignificant bits of tackle however I do carry a few used ones on a small sewing needle in the bottom of my tackle box for the very rare occasion when I have run out and haven't been able to get to a tackle shop in time to buy some more.
They are easy to thread onto a sewing needle after use and if I need to use a couple of these backup stops I just thread my line through the eye of the needle and slide the stops onto the line.
Keith
They are easy to thread onto a sewing needle after use and if I need to use a couple of these backup stops I just thread my line through the eye of the needle and slide the stops onto the line.
Keith
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sam vimes
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I will re-use float stops that have been used on light line, but only on much heavier line second time around. Usually this is on a maggot helicopter rig for light specialist tactics or heavy float fishing for the larger species. To get them back on a loop, I use an ultra fine boilie needle. Once they've been rethreaded and used on thicker mono, they aren't any further use.
Chefster
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I cant believe this thread ,next you,ll be wanting to re-use a dust shot
Ray Roberts
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You come from Yorkshire, so have a special dispensation.
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I cant believe this thread ,next you,ll be wanting to re-use a dust shot
Some of them would save their old knots, tight sods.
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I think the rubber float stops are way to expensive for something that most people throw away !
It really bugs me having to throw them away and I think they're well overpriced for what they are, the profit margin on them must be huge. I got on ok without them all my angling life until several years ago so i'm sure I can live without 'em again in the future, I for one won't be buying anymore !
It really bugs me having to throw them away and I think they're well overpriced for what they are, the profit margin on them must be huge. I got on ok without them all my angling life until several years ago so i'm sure I can live without 'em again in the future, I for one won't be buying anymore !
sagalout
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Are you saying you don't?I cant believe this thread ,next you,ll be wanting to re-use a dust shot