mikench
Well-known member
In anticipation of this summer I do plan to use a bubble float! Do you use a float rod or a feeder rod?
If you use a Fox bubble, and the fish are not playing at the depths you're fishing, slightly over fill it and it will sink slowly to temp fish at any depth. The bites can be instant as soon as it hits the water - anything in between - but often they'll follow the bait down and hit it on the drop once the bubble has touched bottom (I tend to use approximately 3'-4' hooklengths for this purpose. A fun way of fishing but, as Simon says, keep the rod in your hand at all times and recast withing a minute of hitting bottom....
PS Don't forget it's a bolt bubble............
For close-ish range I like the "upside down waggler" style of surface float, used with a Maver Reactorlite 12ft match rod - ostensibly a pellet waggler rod - which has a fair bit of poke and good line pick-up. TBH, the rod and line combo depends to a certain extent on the usual factors: snags; weeds; size of quarry, although judicious feeding can lure the fish away from problem areas.
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Not that I'm trying to encourage you to get your wallet out again, or anything.:wh