Which crystal waggler and loafer floats are best?

[Hopinc]

That's a good idea Mat, unfortunately I don't have any old catapult rubber

 

I have just ordered some Drennan crystal floats from Harris Sportsmail. When they come I will check the diameters and either get some catapult rubber as you suggest, or see if I can find some suitably sized silicone tubing on Ebay. I just thought there might have been some commercially available that I was not aware of.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Tight lines

Edited March 3, 2011 by Hopinc

[Anderoo]

Drennan floats for me.

 

Hopinc, any tackle shop will have packets of different sized float rubbers for a few pence.

 

e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-packs-DRENNAN-MIXE...=item45f87c8046

Edited March 3, 2011 by Anderoo

[Hopinc]

Hello Anderoo,

 

Thanks for the link. I already have these silicone float caps, but I am not sure they will stretch far enough to accomodate the loafers. I will have to wait and see.

 

Do you think they will be OK?

Edited March 3, 2011 by Hopinc

[Anderoo]

Hello Anderoo,

 

Thanks for the link. I already have these silicone float caps, but I am not sure they will stretch far enough to accomodate the loafers. I will have to wait and see.

 

Do you think they will be OK?

 

Some probably will, I have never bought any kind of special float rubbers for loafers/chubbers (just little bags of mixed sizes) and I've always had some that fit. The best thing is to go to a tackle shop and have a close look, you'll soon see which ones will be OK.

[Tangled]

Thanks for your help guys, I will order some today.

 

I think I have seen these decried on the forum before, but just out of curiosity what do you think of the interchangable multiweight systems on the internet?

 

http://www.multiweightfloatadaptor.co.uk/p...oat_adaptor.htm

 

Far bank stalker - I wouldn't mind having a look at some of the American sites you mention, do you have any links?

 

Thanks

 

I always used to buy drennan loaded waglers but I bought a set of these last April because the manufacture is local to me and he was at the local tackle shop promoting them now all my wagglers are loaded! They make changing floats for colour or size or changing depth very easy.The rubbers are strong.As a "lazy" angler I find them very good

 

Dave

[John S]

All I can do is repeat what others have said; Drennan all the time. Not only are they leak-proof, but when night fishing you can replace the tip with a starlight (tape a second to your rod tip otherwise the one on the float will appear to be shooting all around the lake....)

 

Also, use a float adaptor instead of threading the line directly through the eye of the float, it makes life a lot easier should you decide to change floats (you can make your own with a small swivel and a short length of narrow tubing, just wide enough to thread the eye of the float into and hold it fairly firm).

[Hopinc]

Thanks for your helpful comments guys.

[far bank stalker]

Hi guys and gals,

 

I need to buy some insert crystal waggler and crystal loafer floats and would like forum members advice as to which are the best makes to buy. Are all floats born equal - or are some makes better than others?

 

I would probably go for Middy floats (not knowing any better), but only because they have been around for years.

 

Thanks for your help.

something i meant to add yesterday. drennan crystals, if strepped on and crushed (i do that kind of crap all the time!) can be fixed by dropping into a cup of tea! the expanding air reshapes the bubble, all the other crystals i've used would have splintered under such clumsy abuse!

[Hopinc]

That's nice to know.

 

It's a technique I have used many times on table tennis balls, usually when I was down to the last one. It never gave perfect results, but a near round ball is much better than none at all .

 

Thanks for the tip.

Edited March 4, 2011 by Hopinc

[watatoad]

Ones attached to a line with a hook on one end with a large fish hooked on the hook.

 

hehehe

 

Like most on here when I use a crystal I use Drennan...although I prefer old style floats made in a traditional way

Edited March 5, 2011 by watatoad