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interesting reads yawl ....
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Very interesting reads! During the mid to late 90's an English man by the name of
Mick Thill, was very involved in bringing this style (float fishing) here to the U.S.
He produced a couple of videos, " Fishing in Still Waters" & "Fishing in Running Waters".
If you can get your hands on those VHS tapes, he explains thoroughly, how to plumb
and shot your line. Loads of info regarding this style of fishing.
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was he the originator of the Thill float we see today ?
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just wondered .....strange coincidence for sure ...or did someone steal his ideas ?
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All of these floats:Originally Posted by Ketchn
... are based on classic English floats. Mick just adapted them for the American market.
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Yeah, that's what I noticed. The floats in the Wally World are for a general audience. The wagglers and other designed don't fit into the American way of thinking. I bet in order for them to make sales, they had to make a basic line of floats more accessible to a general audience. Most people look at British floats and don't get it. They rather buy the big red-and-white ball or cigar floats because that's what they're familiar with.
The floats I make, nearly everyone buys the short floats, but when they ask which float works the best, I always tell them the long ones work best because length determines sensitivity. It's just too different for most people. Other than the well informed people like here on Crappie.com, most people just don't get it no matter how many videos I put out on them.
It's funny really. They see me catching lots of fish with these, I demonstrate time after time how they work, yet they almost always buy the shorter versions. It's because it's easier to cram everything down into what you know verses learning something new.
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This what I use most of the time tell me what you think? bluegill is about all I fish for
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Fishing......location,location,location......prese ntation,presentation,presentation.
The devil is in the details.Different floats for different presentations and locations. I am going to use about six different sizes and styles of floats for specific applications.Learn the nuances of different ones by reading and experimenting. I will give you two instances.
If you are on the water on a windy March day.And the crappie are on a shallow flat spread out,over a shallow submerged grass bed,or on the shallow break of a point. And you need to stay back to not spook them but yet need to reach them in that wind.And the fish want you to reel it real slow. You need a bobber that rides through the waves steady and does not add a lot of pull resistance to you or the fish. The answer...a small round fluorescent bobber with the built on lead on the bottom. It cast,rides steady,and you can put a really small head under it if you want cause the bobber is giving you density,profile,and weight to hurl that thing.
Another thing is learning to weight a bobber when still fishing for light biting fish. Here a waggler style weighted so its just barely buoyant will detect the slightest bite.If you put the change of color line just below the surface,if that line becomes visible you know its a lift bite.
Their is an art to bobber fishing just like all other types of fishing....if you want to learn it
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