The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Rich wrote:Hi
You are not on your own. i started using them with leaded nymphs years ago it followed they would be great in shallow water for carp. i use a range of cork balls painted black and white so you can always see them. their uses are endless sometimes the best float in the box! In open water keep the hook exposed to aid self hooking , in weed cover the hook etc. In closing try several sizes until you get the best hooking ratio.
rich

Ah, a fellow sight-bob enthusiast - sincere hearty greetings Rich! I agree - they are often the very best float in the box. You are dead right about shallow water, of course. Yesterday, at Wrong Goose Pool, the depth was over 7.5ft just two feet from the bank, and so I decided to lay the approach aside and focus on the top. I tend to use foam medium bobs for most of my fishing (shop-bought), - two actually, joined with the peg into a kind of dumb-bell shape. I find I see takes developing that most floats would not show - those little rings - "dink-dink-dink" - around the bob before it starts to run across the surface and goes under? I've also found, with practice and observation, that a bob is better at revealing whether a "touch" is a line bite or a developing take.

I have used something similar when floater fishing but not with a bottom bait.

I often used the red wax from Edam cheese as a sight bob for floater fishing. It is easy to mould to a variety of shapes and is easy to adjust the hook length by sliding it up and down the line.

It also gives you a good reason to eat Edam cheese.

Must try it with bottom baits.

Snape wrote:I have used something similar when floater fishing but not with a bottom bait.

I often used the red wax from Edam cheese as a sight bob for floater fishing. It is easy to mould to a variety of shapes and is easy to adjust the hook length by sliding it up and down the line.

It also gives you a good reason to eat Edam cheese.

Must try it with bottom baits.

Hmmm, most interesting Snape! - the red wax floats, of course, and has weight - very clever!

Snape wrote:It also gives you a good reason to eat Edam cheese..

Lord knows you'd need a good reason to eat that tasteless, rubbery gunge! Mumble, grumble, can't get proper cheese like you used to, etc...

davyr wrote:

Snape wrote:It also gives you a good reason to eat Edam cheese..

Lord knows you'd need a good reason to eat that tasteless, rubbery gunge! Mumble, grumble, can't get proper cheese like you used to, etc...

I actually agree that Edam is not a great cheese taste wise.

I acquired most of my wax for fishing from when my children used to eat Babybel cheese. My son used to eat it like it was going out of fashion and hence I now have a large quantity of the red wax.

I've never thought of using wax but have used shop bought floating putty in the past.

Yes Babybel cheese is very addictive to young boys, my son will eat several at a time he unwraps them, holds them up to the sky, says "mooooooon cheeeeeeese" then swallows them almost whole.

stalkingluke wrote:I've never thought of using wax but have used shop bought floating putty in the past.

Yes Babybel cheese is very addictive to young boys, my son will eat several at a time he unwraps them, holds them up to the sky, says "mooooooon cheeeeeeese" then swallows them almost whole.

I use floating putty alot for surface fishing bread at a distance.

My grandson also love Babybel cheese SL, I will never forget last summer when we sat in the garden and he said "Granddad, this looks like one of you reels”.

Snape wrote:I have used something similar when floater fishing but not with a bottom bait.

I often used the red wax from Edam cheese as a sight bob for floater fishing. It is easy to mould to a variety of shapes and is easy to adjust the hook length by sliding it up and down the line.

It also gives you a good reason to eat Edam cheese.

Must try it with bottom baits.

I've used edam wax quite alot. Nice thing is that If a hooked fish dives into weed, if just falls off! Ace.

Ah, now I know what you mean...I know them as fish pimps. I've used them too to keep a heavy line from sinking when floater fishing.

I wouldn't be without 'em...