Bubble Floats

[RobAdair]

As Ronvik rightly says, they have used this setup on the continent for years. A slightly more sophisticated type of casting float called a sbirulino is used. You can buy these in various weights to suit the casting weight of your rod and also in floating, intermediate, slow sinking and fast sinking variants, just like fly lines, except you can cast these a LONG way with just a fly or an eel lure attached.

I've been using this setup for my SWFFing for the last 2 years after reading an article by Mike Connors who SWFF's the German and Dutch coastline. I use a 12ft 1.75lb TC coarse rod, a fixed spool reel with 15lb mainline and a sbirulino with a 12ft trace attached. It easily casts out to around the 100yd mark (if that floats ya boat) but it allows for really light fishing for most summer species.

Only problem is finding a sbirulino stockist in the UK, I had to order mine from Austria (with help from a German speaking mate).

[jonesey]

As Ronvik rightly says, they have used this setup on the continent for years. A slightly more sophisticated type of casting float called a sbirulino is used. You can buy these in various weights to suit the casting weight of your rod and also in floating, intermediate, slow sinking and fast sinking variants, just like fly lines, except you can cast these a LONG way with just a fly or an eel lure attached.

I've been using this setup for my SWFFing for the last 2 years after reading an article by Mike Connors who SWFF's the German and Dutch coastline. I use a 12ft 1.75lb TC coarse rod, a fixed spool reel with 15lb mainline and a sbirulino with a 12ft trace attached. It easily casts out to around the 100yd mark (if that floats ya boat) but it allows for really light fishing for most summer species.

Only problem is finding a sbirulino stockist in the UK, I had to order mine from Austria (with help from a German speaking mate).

I brought a few of these in bulgaria, which were a very slow sinking variety. They worked a treat to fish the mid water layers and i caught quite a few mullet and garfish with them.
Also tried them off seaham pier, left to drift round with the tide with a 3ft leader and whole sandeel. Was hoping for a bass but managed a few mackerel instead.

[YoursTruly]

Had a think about this while on me hols...

Has anyone ever considered fishing a bubble float that had virtually neutral buoyancy IE it doesn't float on the surface but floats enough to stay just off the bottom...

Sound crazy? this would surely mean less snags and instead of fishing a leger set up that rolls around in the surf this would encounter less drag on the sea bed and present your bait better?

Dunno really just kind of a brain storm I had...anyone tried it/thought about it?

Dont think it would work, certainly not anywhere with tide pull, for certain species your bait needs to be fixed on or near the bottom.

[Topfly]

Tony the golf ball method works very well, on beaches and broken ground, but as terry say's it's no good in a big tide, because the tension on the line, will pull the gear to the top.

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13-08-2007, 08:57 PM
Topfly
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Thats right codnot, you just put a screw eye ( curtain wire type ) into a slow sinking golf ball and attach a clip swivell, and trace.
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