Balloon Sliding Float Setup

[Fred N]

Here is a how-to on Bobber (Float) fishing. Spring chinook will soon be in the smaller tributaries soon, here is one of the setups I use when river fishing.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/5776float.jpg

I know you all have seen slip float rigs before, but this one has several advantages over the standard dink float setup. First and foremost, you can fine tune your float size to the cannonball for each river situation. Second, the extra floats are deflated and eat up little space. Third, if you do not have a second rod, you can quickly discard the float and switch to a drift presentation. Lastly, the balloon acts as a bungee, so the fish do not feel the weight of the setup as readily as with a standard slip float setup.

[Fred N]

This is a repost as the original photo got lost!

Here is a how-to on Bobber (Float) fishing. Spring chinook will soon be in the smaller tributaries soon, here is one of the setups I use when river fishing.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/505/bobber.jpg

I know you all have seen slip float rigs before, but this one has several advantages over the standard dink float setup. First and foremost, you can fine tune your float size to the cannonball for each river situation. Second, the extra floats are deflated and eat up little space. Third, if you do not have a second rod, you can quickly discard the float and switch to a drift presentation. Lastly, the balloon acts as a bungee, so the fish do not feel the weight of the setup as readily as with a standard slip float setup.