My favorite method of fishing for Bream is with a flyrod with white fly line and a 6lb test leader as long as I can reach with both arms extended. Any longer and it's hard to cast. I use a 7WF Flyline. Attach the smallest bb shot about 6" above a #8 long shank bream hook. The motion is a "roll cast" which starts about even with the boat and can be extended for quite a distance with practice. I hook a Cricket through the "collar" on his back which allows him to remain alive. The roll cast is relatively quiet and when that cricket hits a bream bed, they will pick it up and you can watch your flyline begin to move off, then set the hook. If you like a float, you can add a very small one which aids in detecting strikes. I have caught hundreds of large bluegills and shellcrackers with this method. Just a little variation from fly fishing.