sliding floats are easiest to cast as they are on the end when chucked and slide up to the knot once they hit water
a fixed float has to be cast with a full length of terminal tackle flapping about which is never fun as it will tangle and a nightmare to chuck from rocks
i use a 3 metre tele carbon fibre rod built to cast 50 to 250 gms and a good 30 kg multiplier reel for nearly all shore fishing ,float ,on the floor ,dangling or spinning a biggish thing the combo works
not as far as a beachcaster or as sporty as a spinner but very practical in a bag when climbing down cliffs and strong enough for a big wrass ,small conger or perfect bass ,sensitive enough to twitch at a mullet or two small fighting crabs
the rod was about £30 and the reel£50
for years i used an old penn multiplier which cost a fiver and some wd40 on a £10 tele fibreglass caught lots of fish but the carbon fibre is far better for a low stress day on a moody slippery ledge
I've got this sea fishing kayak to have a go at this year. I only went out on it a few times last summer. I usually spin from it but a bit of float fishing in those hard to reach spaces might be fun.
I've got this sea fishing kayak to have a go at this year. I only went out on it a few times last summer. I usually spin from it but a bit of float fishing in those hard to reach spaces might be fun.
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