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Reply With QuoteTake a look at some Gapen floats......best I have seen.
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disco is correct. I use Float'N Fly a lot for Smallies. You can buy those floats weighted to the size jig you use. If the fish moves up the float falls over.Originally Posted by deathb4disco
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Thanks guys I've always used a big float with out any thought on it figured if it didn't pull it down it was a little fish
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But there is a HUGE difference in a properly weighted waggler vs those weighted Comal floats.
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Agreed. Here's why:
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Agree completely!
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Weighted floats do make casting easier. The biggest issue I have with them is if you want your bait just barely off the bottom you don't know if you are really there. Your bait could be sitting on bottom but the bobber still stands up.
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elkhunter, that's why I designed my float the way I did. If any portion of the bait even grazes the bottom, the float will not cock upright. It will lay at an unnatural angle or lay down completely. They won;t stand up if the bait is on the bottom.
If fish hit bottom up, you know it. If the fish hit is from the side you now it because the float will suddenly tilt to on side. If they hit is and swim in circles you'll see the float move in circle around the balance point of the wine cork. The length of the float gives it its sensitivity. Most fish I catch, the float never goes under, but because I know what the fish is actually doing I know better when to set the hook.
By the time the float goes under you're already too late. A whole lot has gone by.
In fact I prefer handline fishing because I can feel what's going on even better than the float. By the time you see the float everything has already happened. You're almost looking back in time with a float. It's like turbo lag on a race engine.
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I'm with the weighted float group. The up bites, while they don't rise noticeably, do cause a very unnatural wobble that is easy to detect.
While I don't use them much, the traditional hollow plastic bobber is still useful for fishing a jig under. When reeled very slowly, they weave back and forth giving an action the fish sometimes prefer.
