Graham Marsden
Editor Emeritus
This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: All You Need To Know - Stick and Waggler Floats
One waggler missing off that list is a very useful one when fishing fast shallow water or in a down stream wind and thats the specimen balsa waggler taking up to 4SSG or more.
You might have given a mention though to the Onions, Zoomers and even the Trent Trotters.
Well, one of the things we need to know is what situations/conditions each float is designed for.
Is this the subject of an article later in the series?
I wasn't getting the hump, Graham. It just reminded me of an old Spike Milligan sketch whenn he'd finished reading the news and said "And now here are the headlines again for the hard of hearing." Picked up a megaphone and started shouting down it.Oh! dear Jeff we are touchy today and I did say it was a good article btw.
The buouyancy of the material used in the insert on an insert waggler has no effect on the sensitivity of the float. A 3BB float with a 2mm diameter peacock quill tip has exactly the same sensitivity as a 3BB float with a 2mm cane tip.
Now on this I will agree, but I only started using them on the big rivers and it was indeed on the Trent. I am prepare to sell Mark that Benny Ashurst one if he can come up with a three figure sum without a decimal point in it.The stick float was originally developed for fishing canals and they were then adapted for fishing the Trent when the north west anglers began travelling there to fish.
Mark, I can't remember when I last used some of these, but some of the rubbers were bought so they are as they are. As I got them out of the old box, I would love a nice small river like the Colne or Loddon to fish once again, then I might use them as you suggest. I usually do put a slightly longer one on the bottom but 15mm would be about it.One thing I did notice on the pics of the stick floats and other top and bottom floats is the use of very narrow float rubbers.