Rod/reel for slip floats

[Techno2000]

I have a heck of a time with bobber stops snagging in my line guides and spool. I've tried all three types, thread, plastic table, and rubber stops. They all catch when casting or reeling in a fish.

I think the problem may be the small guides in my rods. I use an old Shakespeare micro graphite and an Abu Garcia Vengeance, both light action.

I have a Medium lightning rod that I may try out.

What are some good rods that work well with a slip float?

Make a tiny bobber stop knot on your line by using 10 pound mono, and you won't feel anything when you reel it in. Here's how ... tie a hook or jig to your line, and attach it to the bottom eyelet, and get your line tight like a guitar string . Next take about 18 inches of 10 pound mono and wrap it around the tight line, and tie 4 overhand knots right on top of each other and clip both tag ends at about 1/8 inch or less . Also you have to use a tiny bead with this, because this bobber stop knot is so small.

[FurFlyin]

The best option is plain ol' mono. Here's 5-time world champion Alan Scotthorne to show you how:

That is a really good video, but I need an interpretter or CC. LOL

[Techno2000]

That is a really good video, but I need an interpretter or CC. LOL

Yeah... I don't understand why he leaves his tag ends so long.Just tie 4 simple overhand knots, trim it close, and you're good to go.

[FurFlyin]

He leaves them long so they don't get caught in the sticky wickets or something like that. I think he was using Kings English or some other foreign language to describe the line guides.

[deathb4disco]

That is a really good video, but I need an interpretter or CC. LOL

Oh, he's not that bad. He's easier to understand than Richard Gene.

[deathb4disco]

Yeah... I don't understand why he leaves his tag ends so long.Just tie 4 simple overhand knots, trim it close, and you're good to go.

As I said, he's a 5-time world champion and arguably the best slip float fisherman in the solar system. He knows what he's talking about.

Alan Scotthorne - Wikipedia

[Dutch552]

I use a 9' now-discontinued light action Cabela's zander spinning rod that was designed for European zander which look a mean cross between a perch and a walleye. You can still find similar rods online in the 2.7-2.9m length from other companies. Cabela's also discontinued their Predator line of spinning rods which were the absolute best carp/channel catfish float rods for bank fishing that I have ever laid my hands on. Mine succombed to fatal wounds from a run-in with a Chevy Silverado door. It just figures that Cabela's would discontinue a couple of great products that you now have to source from overseas. The Europeans are light years ahead of us on float/bobber fishing due to the fishing pressure their waters face so don't hesitate to look to them for tricks on float fishing.

[FurFlyin]

Oh, he's not that bad. He's easier to understand than Richard Gene.

Naw... I understand er'y word Richard Gene says, and I don't even need the CC when Swamp People is on TV.

[deathb4disco]

I use a 9' now-discontinued light action Cabela's zander spinning rod that was designed for European zander which look a mean cross between a perch and a walleye. You can still find similar rods online in the 2.7-2.9m length from other companies. Cabela's also discontinued their Predator line of spinning rods which were the absolute best carp/channel catfish float rods for bank fishing that I have ever laid my hands on.

I still have a fiberglass float rod from Cabela's. It's caught everything from small bluegill to big carp and cats. Bass Pro copied the rod but made it from graphite. I still have that one, too. In hindsight, I wish I'd bought one or two more.

The Europeans are light years ahead of us on float/bobber fishing due to the fishing pressure their waters face so don't hesitate to look to them for tricks on float fishing.

Yep.

[whiskerwhipper]

I would be a cabelas customer for life if they brought those European rods back to production. I smuggled boot leg NGT float rod and whip from my London trip. and they suck. My Silstar float rod got dragged into a carp pond. I let the pond keep it when I was almost swallowed whole by the muck.