Re: Bernard Venables' Floats
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:00 am
In my research for 'Big Roach' I found an article, possibly in Fishing magazine, where Walker has a picture of the float he uses on the Beane and it isn't like the one above!
This is what I wrote in my book: 'Dick designed a special float to fool the shy-biting roach. It was a special antenna
float with a 10” fine cane tip (extracted from a tablemat!). It had a piece of
peacock quill at the bottom end to provide buoyancy. Despite this, it was
inherently unstable and difficult to use in all but the slightest of currents. He fished
it with 2BB shot that were heavy enough to take the float under and when these
shot rested on the bottom about 1” of the tip showed. This is a variation of the
traditional Lea ‘float shot-leger’. We now know it better as the ‘lift’ method.'
This is what I wrote in my book: 'Dick designed a special float to fool the shy-biting roach. It was a special antenna
float with a 10” fine cane tip (extracted from a tablemat!). It had a piece of
peacock quill at the bottom end to provide buoyancy. Despite this, it was
inherently unstable and difficult to use in all but the slightest of currents. He fished
it with 2BB shot that were heavy enough to take the float under and when these
shot rested on the bottom about 1” of the tip showed. This is a variation of the
traditional Lea ‘float shot-leger’. We now know it better as the ‘lift’ method.'