Commercial fishing
floats
Commercial fisheries
are relatively new in our angling history;
it was only a couple of decades ago that I
first witnessed the introduction of such a
fishing. Moorland Farm, Hartlebury, near
Worcestershire. John Talbot the owner had
the vision of stocking the fishery with
hard fighting and quick growing Carp, and
soon the word spread throughout the
country and anglers all over would come
and experience this phenomenon. Soon other
commercial fisheries sprung up including
Makings fishery, Mallory Park and much
more including new type of species, namely
the F1 Carp. Suddenly a new type of
fishing was being introduced to the
British angler, consequently the advent of
new fishing tactics developed.
Float fishing combined
with stronger pole fishing tactics soon
developed including Margin fishing,
Surface fishing, Paste and Pellet fishing.
Whereby normal floats just couldn't cope
with the wear and tear of this type of
pleasant but hard-hitting fishing, float's
had to develop to withstand the rigors of
huge fishing weights and new tactics
developed to cope with robust carp that
would go mental when hooked.
The tactics now have
come a long way including commercial pole
floats. At Gold Medal Floats I have put a
lot of thought and practice to develop a
range of commercial floats that I believe
would be beneficial and advantageous to
anglers who pursue this style of fishing.
I only use High Density
Foam bodies and tough sprung eyes for my
commercial floats, other materials such as
Balsa can become damaged and let water in
after a time. Also I have developed a
unique line channel within the bodies thus
eliminating body damaged when catching and
playing large and huge bags of fish caused
by the line cutting into conventional
bodies.
Combining
my experience with pole floats and the way
they work over the many years, I have
adapted the commercial range henceforth.
Commercial float have to be strong and
tough yet still present the bait, either
naturally or not. Please view each float
and in particular the explanation behind
the development, hoping of great fishing
days ahead.
Clive Branson
The Gold Medal Commercial Float Range
PASTE FLOAT
MARGIN FLOAT
DOWN SHELF
DIAMOND FLOAT
IN-LINE FLOAT
SURFACE FLOAT
PELLET WAGGLER