most of the float ketchn we do is what I have trained them to do , we use a fixed float and a jig and nothing else .
a very slow steady return is best ,sometimes they want a twitch or 2 ,but more often than not just keeping it barely moving is the ticket .
in the spring you can crank it fast and twitch it and pause it and all sorts of things and get bit , the rest of the year not so much .....
but to be sure it aint always that way , the river fish "used to " like it jumping like a popping cork for speckled trout in the middle of the summer....
as mentioned it often has to be adjusted a bit to what the fish are wanting to see ....
was float ketchn the other day in 8 feet of water with the jig set about 6 down and VERY slowly dragging it by a short brush pile on a big lake , the takes were so subtle you mostly only saw the float slowly sink after they hit the jig , they wanted nothing to do with any extra action and or sitting it still .
thats my 27 cents worth on this subject and or that's all I got to say about dat ....