Clive Branson's Gold Medal Fishing Floats

BALSA BLOODWORM POLE FLOAT

These tapered balsas with a wire bristle and cane bottom float, is a perfect Stillwater pole float, with the eye on the body at two thirds from the base. Given to me by Pillipe Perriot the French manager, for totally bloodworm fishing he said. I first used this float in 1986 for lifting a bloodworm off the bottom of the canal bed.
As a very sensitive float used in conjunction with pole float grease, this float worked exceptionally well when fishing bloodworm just off or on the bottom. By pulling the float slightly the float will move upwards in the water, lifting the bloodworm off the bottom, just enough for the bait to attract a fish.
With the long wire bristle, a bite will show all the stages of development, i.e. the float will rise before going away, lifting up into the fish is always the best movement of striking. This allows the hook to lift into the top part of the mouth, hitting more fish is the end result.

French anglers prefer to use a butterfly knot for their top pole stomp connection, this makes the pole tip very light, and they can feel the connection to the fish making it very delicate.

BALSA BLOODWORM POLE FLOAT

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POLE FLOAT CONVERSION GUIDE

3x10 = 0.10g (2 x No10 shot)
4x10 = 0.15g (3 x No9 shot)
4x12 = 0.2g (5x No10 shot)
4x14 = 0.4g (6 x No8 shot)
4x16 = 0.5g (8x No8 shot)
4x18 = 0.75g (3 x No3 shot)
4x20 = 1g (4 x No3 shot)
5x20 = 1.25g (5 x No3 shot)