Hi everyone,
This is probabaly a stupid and obvious question.
my brother has just started float fishing for roch,rudd etc and he has asked me to help him. He has been using straight wagglers rated 3BB.
The guy in the shop said to put one either side of the float and one 9 inch from the hook length. This is fine.

My question is he has some floats rated 2BB. Do you stick two shots either side of the float, and then use a small shot. Or do you use a shirt button shotting pattern.

P.S. Ive never coarse fished before so dont get to technical

John

Most of the time with wagglers, the bulk of your shot should be at the base of the float. The remainder of the shot is for presentation, and will depend on whether you want your bait to fall slowly and evenly through the water, in which case you'd use a shirt button pattern, or quickly, in which case, you'd want to bunch the reminder together near the hook.

I'm no waggler guru, but for a 2BB float, I suppose I'd expect to start off with 3 no.4 shot (so three quarters of the total shot) locking the float in position and then a sprinkling of smaller stuff down the line. (I tend not to go any smaller than no.8s, as they're quite fiddly enough as it is!)

As a general rule of thumb, if you go down the "shirt button" route make sure that the distance between the "buttons" increases as you go toward the float. This will help to stop tangles on casting. i.e. one shot say 6 inches from the hook, the next say 9 inches above that the next 18 inches above that etc. You can always double up on shot too should you require more weight. It is also very important to spend some time plumbing the depth correctly. Hope that this helps...................birdsnest

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I used to be a "wag and magg" guru. For most fishing that a waggler is truly appropriate, all I would fish below the float is 2 number 8's and a 10.

The rest required to cock it goes around the float. This is because wagglers are for catching on the drop amongst loose feed, so they cock quickly and take fish on the way down.

There are other scenarios and I have fished them with a lot more weight down, but they are special situations.

Charlie

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on the last one , if you find the float is moving on still water move shot one at a time so its on the bottom until the float doesnt move and holding the float still without any tow (movement)

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thanks guys this really helps.

John

these are better for you with explanations, sorry i forgot i had these aswell

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

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Thanks Bruce we will try that tomorrow