Floats for shallow pellet fishing

[Capt Birdseye]

All I can do is cook and blag it on here , I thought it was funny cos everyone’s jumped on @Me and my lad , to make floats

I never really fish a jigga for carp , only F1,s, does it work for you ??

My error chefster, I didn't read the last line. Occasionally had a proper carp on Jigga but they wasn't my target fish

 

[JLK]

Each to their own I guess. I prefer a float with a short bristle and a fibre stem on the waters I fish as I get tangles fishing at 14.5m/16m with wire stemmed floats.

 

[Me and my lad]

Blimey I got dragged out shopping by the boss and come back to red and white floats. Lots of Arsenal fans? Just like the players they go down easily?
I have plenty of the bodies, just got to wait for the wire. I made these in 2017 and they are still going strong.

 

[rob6709]

Slapper - Malman Floats UK handmade pole floats

Handmade pole floats made in the UK.

malmanfloats.com

What I use for carp shallow up to 3 foot.

 

[robert d]

So, bit of an own goal posting this, as I’m sure there will be a range of opinions, but for those who fish pellets shallow, which floats do you use and why? It’s one of two aspects of my commercial fishing I want to improve this year and I never feel I have the right float on.

This is fishing for proper carp, not pellet lickers.

The smallest

So, bit of an own goal posting this, as I’m sure there will be a range of opinions, but for those who fish pellets shallow, which floats do you use and why? It’s one of two aspects of my commercial fishing I want to improve this year and I never feel I have the right float on.

This is fishing for proper carp, not pellet lickers.

I use small fibre glass stem floats ,same as margin float ,sometimes with the stem cut down . I dont bother about looking at the bristle for indications as the float just gets ripped under . Anything small will do with a bit of weight to it , an even heavier float like a 4x16 if im going to use a 6ft lash so i can swing it out easy ,stem and bristle cut down . A crystal dibber can work well ,lightly sanded body to take the shine off it .