Some forms of floats have become so classic that the appearance of a particular design that is different from the “spindles”, “drops” or “channel”, is perceived as a window dressing. Experience shows that if the float is of an unusual design mass-produced, on good hardware, of good materials, it is not just.
The summer, warm water, rapid development of vegetation, the end poslenebesnogo George roach, bream, perch and white bream is already affecting the fish. Particularly whimsical is getting fish on small ponds and rivers. To succeed, you have to carefully prepare and design the gear under very specific conditions of fishing.
In early summer and in mid autumn I love to catch a short float rod (I generally like to catch under my feet) on some small river with a decent current. Here you can find fish in different places – near the beach, in the gaps of underwater vegetation at the outlet and inlet hole on the bottom, the rod currents. Captivating not only a variety of fishing conditions, but also the possibility of choosing a fish the purpose of the hunt. On a large river in the coastal zone is usually all mixed up – roach, perch, small bream, perch, ruff. On a small river, on the contrary, all “divided”. Sometimes, a fishing rod 3 m catch only roach and bleak, and a four-meter – only white bream. A five-foot – bass.
Overall, the summer fishing on the small river difficult, if deliberately to catch. The difficulty is that a and frequently visited places have only one advantage – they are comfortable for the angler. As a rule, in such places or not fish, or she here appears in the absence of the anglers and vacationers. Most fishing spots are usually the most uncomfortable for the angler. And uncomfortable not only for its inaccessibility from the bushes and vegetation, but also on the nature of the flow and bottom topography.
To adapt to fishing in a specific point, it is necessary to design the gear in place, just choosing the length of the rod and fishing line, weight shipping, hook. And all this must be done not only accurately and intelligently, but also quiet.
At the coast the fish is always careful, and everything should be done carefully – carefully select a place to explore the terrain, accurately and to the best lure to use maximum slim snap-in.
The snap must be not only sensitive, but also easily managed, since the fish near the shore “loves” to bait “played” or, at least, was moving in the water in a natural way. This means that it slowly or fell, or stayed about obstacles, or rolled along the bottom with the speed of a particle bait, and then just raised from the bottom, and again fell.
Lately I’ve been, except for the floats of their own making, often use products from one of the now familiar over the past three years our fishermen by the Italian company. In the study of the range I was struck by two unusual forms – series 545 and 546 of them were incomprehensible. Because I always, except for ready snap-ins, take to the water and floats, fishing line and sinkers, natural was the desire to test these models. Came out interesting.
Begin with a series of 545. Floats with a wide upper part of the body designed for those occasions when you need to hold snap-in point, which interfere with or over, or superficial excitement (also current, but the surface). If the body is thin at the top, float “get out” of the water or leaning that get on your nerves. In heavy seas this float is served each wave, and the bite is recorded only when the expected time the float does not appear. This can be used, but the percentage of undetected bites increases dramatically. There are advantages to such behavior. It is that does not float follows the movements of the waves and the snap with bait do not jump in the water. However, if biting roach, often tempted her exactly dancing a lure. Float with a thick upper body better adaptation to fluctuations of the water surface and gives the game a snap. But most importantly, this float not collapses while holding the snap point of fishing.
Based on these considerations, I tried out a whole series of floats with different carrying capacity when fishing roach lake, in the depths of a little more than a meter, on a very strong surface current. The force of the current was such that we had to catch with a float carrying capacity in one and a half grams. For comparison, at the same place in calm weather I use snap with floats about 0.5 g.
As a result, I was satisfied because the float and the bite should always be visible, roach for game bait bite is very active and true. When the fish were exactly on the bait, then stop it on the snap and not lose control over it was quite simple. There is a subtlety in okrujenii float, which is connected with design features of the antenna. Antenna and core team, and therefore has its own tangible capacity. It is very convenient in cases when you use heavy bait in the form of a worm, corn, “mash” or bunch of maggots. Be careful with the biting and the use of light, small baits, such as bloodworms, I okruzheniem before the float was removed the top part of a regular antenna and replaced the antenna with a diameter of 0.8-1.0 mm, taken from the “sport” model.
Even more interesting results were with floats, series 546. For some reason I immediately thought that they should work well on uneven period on a small river. I almost always in such conditions fishing spot short with plug and hold the snap in place, but periodically let the bait drag along the bottom. Swim with the drawing is usually short, no more than 20-30 cm
The fact that it is a small and winding river you can find places where a flat bottom extends a few meters, but as a rule, fish in such places or not, or if she shows up here occasionally. Try to lure – or rather, to lure out of hiding with a trail of bait, can be extremely rare. At points where fish costs one reason or another, the terrain is always much more difficult, and therefore the length of the sailing snap is very limited. When using centrifugal fishing rods or very short plug is the most effective transaction is simply a retention snap on the point fishing.
The stronger the current, the harder it is to use not only floats of type “channel” with as low a center of force application or a thick “straw”, but even ball floats. Flat floats help rare for the simple reason that the depth is small, the space is small, and the jet currents are constantly walking, then closer, then moving away from the shore. In any case, the use of any float is the classical form leads to the fact that snap is too heavy and insensitive. This is what made me try to design such an unusual shape. Its impact and even the idea that the Italians – all lovers and masters of fishing in running water of small rivers.
Testing in situ was easy and pleasant. Hold the snap point of fishing does not cause any difficulties – float standing almost vertically, not walking around, not buzzing. The latter is a very valuable quality, when the current continuously changes its strength and direction. Changing the direction of movement of the jet almost does not affect the position of the float in the water.
If there is a swim with a lug bait and the shepherd boy, then all is well, but there, as with the previous series of floats, subtlety. She again connected with the antenna structure. If the fish like it when the lure was dragging along the bottom, it makes sense to remove the top portion of the regular antenna, then the float will be a little underused. At drawing of a shepherd boy at the bottom of this neogrounded float for not dragging him under the water and biting well recorded. Very comfortable – took off the antenna part and doing multiple transactions with the lug, and then restored the antenna and again hold the snap-on bait. So, a new, albeit confusing at first glance, sometimes is to try.
