Are there any still knocking about? Have thought about doing an "upside down zig"which just drifts across the water, and these egg floats seem ideal.
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I tried something similar a couple of years ago with a Fox bubble float, but found any breeze was dragging it out of position too quickly and making it look unnatural. This year I've modded a couple of marker floats with lead wire around the bottom, hot glued in place and covered with shrink tube. I will fish them waggler style, which will give me the option to sink the line if there's too much surface drift.
I tried something similar a couple of years ago with a Fox bubble float, but found any breeze was dragging it out of position too quickly and making it look unnatural. This year I've modded a couple of marker floats with lead wire around the bottom, hot glued in place and covered with shrink tube. I will fish them waggler style, which will give me the option to sink the line if there's too much surface drift.
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Back around 1982 we used to make similar from kinda eggs burn a small hole in the bottom insert a small bomb glue it in and glue the two halves together. Worked but a bit fragile. Was a step up from using a candle.
Back around 1982 we used to make similar from kinda eggs burn a small hole in the bottom insert a small bomb glue it in and glue the two halves together. Worked but a bit fragile. Was a step up from using a candle.
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Forty odd years ago I remember an old boy fishing just like that on a local pit. Float drifting all over the place with a cube of luncheon meat hanging below. He caught plenty.
Forty odd years ago I remember an old boy fishing just like that on a local pit. Float drifting all over the place with a cube of luncheon meat hanging below. He caught plenty.
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why not buy a couple of pellet wagglers, different sizes available, less conspicuous as a marker float
why not buy a couple of pellet wagglers, different sizes available, less conspicuous as a marker float
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I did have a quick look for heavy pellet wagglers, but the ones I came across didn't seem heavy enough for fishing at a decent range with 15lb line. And I quite like making things from items I've already got but not using.
I did have a quick look for heavy pellet wagglers, but the ones I came across didn't seem heavy enough for fishing at a decent range with 15lb line. And I quite like making things from items I've already got but not using.
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👍 Good on you,was just a suggestion incase you hadn't came across them
👍 Good on you,was just a suggestion incase you hadn't came across them
A large bagging waggler would work too
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Very very rare - I managed to source 2x off ebay last summer and paid a pretty price for them - only to lose one on the first session of use! Excellent product - I was only speaking to a well known rod maker the other day and suggested a re-incarnation . . .
You could perhaps try one of the larger size Gardner Flatliners (that can be cast a long way) and fish the drop like a 'helicopter' on a silicone sleeve above the stem . . .? If you use a QC ring swivel for the hooklink connection you could swop out different lengths v quickly etc . . .I fish this way with a standard 'floating' hooklink but you've now got me thinking!
Very very rare - I managed to source 2x off ebay last summer and paid a pretty price for them - only to lose one on the first session of use! Excellent product - I was only speaking to a well known rod maker the other day and suggested a re-incarnation . . .
You could perhaps try one of the larger size Gardner Flatliners (that can be cast a long way) and fish the drop like a 'helicopter' on a silicone sleeve above the stem . . .? If you use a QC ring swivel for the hooklink connection you could swop out different lengths v quickly etc . . .I fish this way with a standard 'floating' hooklink but you've now got me thinking!
Have you considered using a spod..?
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There was a new large one on ebay a few months back for £7 so i snapped it up. They do come up now and again. Fox do one similar to the mcf egg one.
There was a new large one on ebay a few months back for £7 so i snapped it up. They do come up now and again. Fox do one similar to the mcf egg one.
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Thanks Belch, Great idea. One of the "holding" areas during the summer is behind an island at about 70 yards range. How much of a drop do you have off the float, and do you also use this for standard floater fishing at distance?
Thanks
Thanks Belch, Great idea. One of the "holding" areas during the summer is behind an island at about 70 yards range. How much of a drop do you have off the float, and do you also use this for standard floater fishing at distance?
Thanks
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Never used it like you are planning to - but do use a standard 6' greased up floating hooklink on a QC swivel fished helicopter style on a Korda rubber insert jammed over the top of the flatliner. Flatliner attached on a loop so it can be swopped out (different sizes)
When using braided mainline I sometimes attach a short section of Power Gum between the hooklink and the heli ring swivel - takes can be brutal and it just provides a bit of a buffer to negate bumped fish on the take . . .
Casting longer links can also be a prob at range - just fold some foam around the bottom of the stem and nick the hooklink in a la a Korda adjustable zig set up . . .
As per Darth Mullets suggestion - you can also swop out the flatliner for a spod / spomb - lovingly known as a Spodcopter rig - can be very effective on waters with a beachcaster ban / lots of birdlife - good for when they're really having it but not so good for cagey slurpers
Never used it like you are planning to - but do use a standard 6' greased up floating hooklink on a QC swivel fished helicopter style on a Korda rubber insert jammed over the top of the flatliner. Flatliner attached on a loop so it can be swopped out (different sizes)
When using braided mainline I sometimes attach a short section of Power Gum between the hooklink and the heli ring swivel - takes can be brutal and it just provides a bit of a buffer to negate bumped fish on the take . . .
Casting longer links can also be a prob at range - just fold some foam around the bottom of the stem and nick the hooklink in a la a Korda adjustable zig set up . . .
As per Darth Mullets suggestion - you can also swop out the flatliner for a spod / spomb - lovingly known as a Spodcopter rig - can be very effective on waters with a beachcaster ban / lots of birdlife - good for when they're really having it but not so good for cagey slurpers