When float fishing on rivers you will usually attach the float to the line using silicon or plastic tubing placed at both ends of the float. This is known as ‘top and bottom’ or ‘double rubber’.
Shot is then attached to the line between the float and the hook, either spaced out or in bunches so that only the tip of the float is visible above the water.
The tackle is then swung out into the stream and allowed to float down the river with the current.
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You need to continually pay put line with this method, so the bale arm of the reel is left open and the line is controlled by pressure applied with your finger at the edge of the spool.
To keep a tight line to the float you may need to ‘mend the line’ by trapping the line with your finger and lifting the rod until the line between the rod tip and float is straight. On rivers where the flow is slow and there are many surface currents you may need to do this several times on each passage of the float down the swim.
This technique is referred to as ‘trotting’, and when the float needs to travel a long way down the swim to reach the fish, it is known as ‘long trotting’.
When you get a bite, trap the line against the spool with your finger and strike with a sweeping movement away from the float. The further away the float is, the more powerful the strike, but often it is only necessary to stop the float as the current will set the hook.
Another river float fishing method involves the use of a Waggler float that is only attached to the line at the bottom. This allows the float to be cast further without risk of tangles on wide rivers, or when you want to fish near the far bank.
With this method it is not possible to keep a tight line to the float as this would cause it to be pulled towards you and the bait would not appear to be behaving naturally to the fish.
Instead of mending the line, you allow a bow to form between the rod tip and float, and you then ‘feed the bow’ by paying out enough line to allow the float to move unhindered down the swim.
A more powerful strike is required with this method as you have to recover all of the line in the bow before making contact with the fish. This is achieved by a high sweeping movement of the rod over your shoulder.
With both methods, as soon as a fish is hooked you have to decide whether you need to allow it to take line before you close the bail arm of the reel in preparation for winding in or playing the fish. If it is a small fish you can immediately close the bail arm and commence winding. If you feel resistance from a large fish, allow it to take line with the bail arm open, and close it only when you feel the fish stop its initial run.
When fishing with running line tackle on rivers, make sure that the anti-reverse on the reel is set to the off position if you intend to give line by winding backwards rather than using the slipping clutch.
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