We all have our favourite floats and now with with hand crafted varieties filling the market where does this leave the traditional shop brought floats i remember years ago Wil Raisin telling a group of lads get the right pattern and stick with it .I've done just that for many years and feel i'm in touch with the patterns i use, i look pick and use the JEAN FRANCOIS on most venues i fish its a hard float to shot up yet you can read the slightest of touches which immediately register on the fibre tips. Over the years the diameter of the wire has changed and now the new tips are very visible its been around for years with the rugby ball body being is classic style and most floats marketed around this design
i wondered whats your favour floats why are most carp floats Diamond shaped ,Pencil floats gimmick or not it will be interesting to here your thoughts on floats .
do you buy your floats in ones or by the dozen
This my preparation ready for the winter league series on the river soar from bleak to chopped worm plus a few flat floats
if we said best float for
A canals
B rivers
C lakes
D commercials
now i know your think well there are pellet floats margin floats for commercials just pick the one you will pick up first perhaps its the tatyest float ever but its the one that catches you fish