Crivit Bottom/Feeder Fishing Reel Combo 300-6 - Manual (Page 6)

Floats
The bite indicator enables the fisherman to hear or
see when the fish bites.
The most famous bite indicator is the float. A p a r t
from indicating the bite, the float often serves for
offering the bait in the corresponding water depth.
The standard float consists of body, antenna, float
rings or float rubbers – and a so-called pilot. T h e
structure and the antenna body depends on the
nature of the water and the fish species to be fis-
hed.
There are many materials of which floats are pro-
duced – from cork and balsa wood to porcupine
bristles and plastic.
There are two possibilities for assembling the float
to the line: the fixed and the sliding assembly.
In the fixed assembly, the float is clamped to the
line using so-called float rubbers. There is, howe-
v e r, always the possibility to move the float on the
line.
For float fishing,
the float must be
balanced accor-
d i n g l y. You attach
so many lead
shots or olives to
the line so that you
can only see the
pilot when using
floats with pilots or
only the upper part
of the antenna
when using floats
with antennae.
When using the fixed assembly, the maximum
depth for fishing is determined by the length of the
rod.
The sliding method, however, allows for fishing in
all water depths.
When using the sliding method, the float moves
freely on the line, only connected with rings.
Towards the rod, the float is stopped by a stopper,
towards the hook by the
swivel at the latest.
Important accessories for
floats that are assembled
in a sliding way are glass
or plastic beads as well as
different stoppers.
You should always add a
glass bead between float
and stopper. Its reliably
prevents the stopper from
getting caught in the sli-
ding ring of the float.
You can produce the stopper knot on your own or
use textile or rubber stoppers industrially marketed
that fulfil their
task perfectly.
As textile stop-
pers are very
fine, you can
mount several at
the same time; if
an old stopper is worn out, it can be replaced
without disassembling the float.
When using the sliding method, you diff e r e n t i a t e
between the following methods:
1. The conventional method
2. The passing method
3. The English method
Method 2 and 3 have gained acceptance as they
prevent the line from wrapping the antenna.
An interesting development on the float market is
the luminous float that is equipped with a light-emit-
ting diode and is especially popular amongst night
fishermen (eel, zander, sheatfish, carp, etc.).
Snaplights are also counted among luminous flo-
ats. Here, two chemicals are mixed with each other
by bending the plastic body and so start lighting.
The snaplight is assembled to the float antenna or
the tip of the rod.
Leads
The lead is necessary in order to
1. balance the float,
2. keep the bait at the desired place,
3. increase the casting weight so that the bait can
be cast.
In fishing, different leads are used.
Lead shot/clamp lead
This lead, available from 0.05 to
2.5 gram is mainly used to
balance floats with a load bea-
ring capacity up to 10 g. A s
good lead shot is very soft, you
can clamp it onto the line using
your fingers. Especially soft lead come from Great
Britain – the British have their own denominations
for their lead shot sizes.
Wrapping lead
Wrapping leads are small lead
plates about as thick as paper
that can be cut to the desired size
and be clamped onto the line.
This lead is especially suitable for
balancing even very small floats.
Using these longish, thin lead
strips, there are no misbites. The
fish may, however, mistake the clamped lead shot
for a hemp grain.
Drop lead
This lead is – as all following
leads – a sliding lead, that means
that the lead is able to move free-
ly on the line to the position of the
stopper (swivel or knot). Like the
lead shot, it is used for balancing
floats. Drop leads are available
from 0.25 to 8 gram.
When beading the lead, you have to make sure
that the heavier part always points in the direction
of the hook. Otherwise, it results in rollovers when
casting what could lead to a twisting of the line.
Lead olive or ball lead
These sliding leads that are formed like an olive or
a ball are used for balancing especially heavy flo-
ats; they are used
in bottom fishing.
In order to protect
the knot, sliding
leads being hea-
vier than 10 gram
should always be
assembled with
stopper or bead.
Coffin lead
These leads having a form that
is similar to a coffin are availa-
ble from 15 to 150 gram. Coff i n
leads prove of value in bottom
fishing when it depends on
keeping the bait securely at its
place. The large bearing surfa-
ce prevents the lead from sin-
king into the subsurface.
Bar or Catherine lead
Using this lead, it is possible to sub-
sequently insert different weights.
During the assembly, the line is first
of all inserted in the slot of the bar
and then in the slot of the lead.
Then, bar and lead are stuck toget-
her and the parts are rotated by
some degrees against each other. It
is important that the broad part of the conical bar
points at the swivel. If the lead is assembled in the
opposite direction, the bar falls out of the lead alre-
ady after only a few casts. The body of the bar lead
has the form of an olive or a coffin.
Casting lead
The casting lead having the
form of a pear and a cast-in
swivel or wire eye at the end of
the lead body is the lead that is
most often used in bottom fis-
hing, both, in fresh and in salt
w a t e r. Casting leads have
excellent aerodynamics. A n o t-
her advantage: the large eye of
the wire or the swivel letting the
line pass unhinderedly after the
bite when used as sliding lead.
So that the lead cannot get
stuck on the knot, a glass bead is pre-assembled.
Spike lead
This version of the casting
lead is used in surf fishing.
In the sandy bottom, the
spikes keep the bait secu-
rely at its place. In addi-
tion, they are so flexible
that they can also be bend
up again during reeling.
Stand-up lead
When fishing in stagnant water, this and other
leads featuring buoyancy bodies have proven of
value. It prevents the bait
from being drawn into the
muddy subsurface. Even if
the lead sinks into the mud,
the line can still pass freely.
These leads are also perfect
for fishing in heavily strea-
ming water. The bait is able to
move just over the bottom of
the stream.
The carp / anti-tangle lead
Another very famous lead that is reliably pre-
venting a rollover of the leader is the carp /
anti-tangle lead. The long, pre-assembled
sliding tube reliably prevents the hook or the
leader from getting stuck in the main line
during casting.
Small bell, silver paper
A bite indicator for bottom fishing without
float that is both, simple and reasonable
is a small bell that is attached to the tip
of the rod or to the line. Upon the sligh-
test tug of the fish at the bait, the bell
signal resounds.
Even more simple and as effective is a strip
of silver paper that is wrapped around the
line between the first and the second ring of
the rod. If the fish pulls
at the line, he pulls the
silver paper with it.
Pilot
Antenna
Body
Keel
Passing eye
Stagnant water float
Moving water float
Fixed assembly
1.
Conventional
method
2. Passing
method
3. English
method
(Waggler)
Lead
wrongly
Lead
correctly
Tips and tricks for fishing
Useful things about lines, h o o k s, fl o ats and leads
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