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Comment by John Sheehan on November 15, 2011 at 8:42pm

16th oz Chartreuse Marabou jig/crawler piece slip floated just off bottom @ 3 and 1/2 ' took this big surprise . Sucker ,not sure what kind.

Comment by Rob Hilton on April 30, 2011 at 1:57pm

I grew up in England and learned float fishing before anything else... slip floats are an incredible way to catch Bluegills and on many occasions out fish any other method... especially when the bite is tough... Glad to be aboard...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 4, 2011 at 12:08am

Johnny, do you have any pictures of floats with the "controller eye?"

Comment by Johnny wilkins on April 3, 2011 at 6:49pm

In this case, we are comparing a casting slip float to what was designed to be a beginners' pole float. I believe the slip float is meant to hold a small minnow up. If you need to keep a swimming bait like a minnow or leech up in the water column, then you might want a chubby end to prevent the bait from swimming your float under.

The pole float however is supposed to just be used for grubs. I would say for both floats -you are right. The companies selling them have not put a lot of thought into them. They have taken some concepts from international floats and figured out how to produce them really cheaply. Then, they sell them. If we as a public buy them - they don't care.

The Mini Stealth used to have a controller eye in it which was just below water level. This metal eye has been common in some form in floats for a couple hundred years. Sometimes you see it as a piece of wire around the entire float and sometimes a piece of rubber or silicone sleeve helps the angler to control the top of the float and keep it upright.

All that Lindy knew was that the little metal eyes cost them a couple of cents to purchase and then a few cents to install by hand. These costs were not necessary since the angling public (( didn't even know what this eye was mean to do on the float )).

Out it came because the inventor no longer worked with the company - there was no one to complain about the missing controller and the ability to hold the float back. No no cared that it would catch fewer fish. The company cared that it would make more money.

The formula: $$$ - fish= profit . This formula is fine with most all companies. On the end of the fishing line is us.

The reason many anglers purchase is to try and improve, try to catch. We try to enhance our chances and we spend even more trying to give us confidence when fishing. I guess it would be really bad if someone got some products to market that caught a lot of fish...

hmmm...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 3, 2011 at 4:45pm

As to the question:

 

Why is it that some floats have the under water end wider than the above water end? Comparing a Betts Balsa and a Thill Mini Stealth balsa float they are opposite....."

 

I'm willing to bet there isn't a ton of thought behind the difference. It may be just a way to avoid patent infringment - and may have nothing to do with fishing.

 

Those you show always remind me of decapitated wagglers. This makes them more a slippable bobber than a float in the traditional sense. You might call them a hybrid, too.

 

Comment by John Sheehan on April 3, 2011 at 3:01pm

Why is it that some floats have the under water end wider than the above water end? Comparing a Betts Balsa and a Thill Mini Stealth balsa float they are opposite in there visual painted ends.

Comment by Johnny wilkins on March 2, 2011 at 11:33pm

Slip floaters - we need you. Doing a study on float setups and how you fish them: Bobber Revolution 2011 

We need you. I will be giving out some great prizes and raffling off floats, tshirts, baits etc. 

 

I hope many slip-floats can share their rigs and their Spring / early Summer fishing. I would like reps from all over the country to participate.

 

John C. fished in the very same club I was in and the same ponds around me. John, they are tearing up Patriot's Park - Barth Pond. They might be poisoning all the fish / dredging it out. If they do- I want to be there with video and my camera to document what a colossal dumb idea they had.

 

Comment by John Sheehan on June 9, 2010 at 10:37am

Nice little graphic 2lbgill!

Comment by John Sheehan on April 15, 2010 at 11:35am

A great slip/fixed floating blog by B.Waldman with good info on matching floats and weights:

http://www.bigbluegill.com/profiles/blogs/float-fishing-for-panfish...

Comment by Josh Milczski (Omaha) on April 7, 2010 at 2:22pm

If I'm at work I want to be bugged. ;D

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