Thread: Favorite float/bobber for gills?

porcupine quills , takes very little to move them and detects the lightest of bites.

Those small wing-its work pretty well as slip bobbers in wind. I usually stick to a Thill weighted slip 3/8" or 1/2" pencil or the smallest two weighted slip eggs. Balancing them with solder is a genius idea!

Fishing mainly small lakes and ponds in my area I use the common slip float with a bobber stop. I tend to like the more straight walled style. I do sometime use the spring version of this float if I don't want to take the time to rigg a slip float. I do prefer balsa but they get more expensive every year and I'm tempted to go with the Styrofoam.

I'm not familiar with the term "waggler" float. Can someone help me out there without hi-jacking the thread too much.

Originally Posted by denny66

I'm not familiar with the term "waggler" float. Can someone help me out there without hi-jacking the thread too much.

It's an English float. I discovered them about twenty years ago, and you could not pay me to use anything else. I've posted about them a lot, so feel free to ask questions or start another thread if you like. Here's a brief article on them:

Wagglers | Total Fishing

Not to change the subject but years ago my Uncle told me he was fishing with a friend. He's catching and friend was not. After a while he told him the only difference in rigs was the size of there corks. His friend changed to a smaller one and he to started catching.

Originally Posted by Charles Ray

Not to change the subject but years ago my Uncle told me he was fishing with a friend. He's catching and friend was not. After a while he told him the only difference in rigs was the size of there corks. His friend changed to a smaller one and he to started catching.

That's not changing the subject.

Smaller floats are more sensitive. I fished a competition once (float fishing only.) The guy next to me was using a bobber the size of a tennis ball. I was using a tiny pole float with just the tip out of the water. My competitor saw one bite, but couldn't land the fish. I finished with almost forty pounds of fish in four hours.

Originally Posted by Charles Ray

Not to change the subject but years ago my Uncle told me he was fishing with a friend. He's catching and friend was not. After a while he told him the only difference in rigs was the size of there corks. His friend changed to a smaller one and he to started catching.

I have seen this happen on many different occasions.

Remember in days gone by,bobbers were huge,now the conventional wisdom say,and rightly so,thin is in!