The
Italian
Pencil
whip float
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THE ITALIAN
WHIP FLOAT
The
pencil whip float has been
around for a long time,
however it is so
underestimated in its use.
This float was re-introduced
to me when fishing in the
World Championships in Italy
1992. It was so devastating
in its application when
catching fish at speed, so
much so that I have been
collecting a large range of
sizes of this smart float .
As I was watching in
ore at the Italian team
practising this great little
float, I couldn't perceive
how affective this float
was, until I tried it
myself. I was amased to see
the Italian team anglers
catching at the rate of six
to seven fish a minute.
I also had a helping
hand from an extremely good
angler, a local man who had
fished internationals for
Italy, Mr Emilo Hugio. He
showed me how to set the
float and work it in the
swim, so I could catch upto
six fish in a minute,
cosisting of small roach,
bleak and sunfish.
This float and its
application of the method is
perhaps the quickest
way I know of catching
fish at speed. With results
back home of many 30lb
+ bags of bleak from the
River Wye and double figure
bags of gudgeon from the
Warwick Avon as
testimonials.
The float is a tapered
flat top balsa construction
with a small wire base and a
nylon tip bristle, the
secret is the way the float
is shotted and fished in the
swim.
Having been given a
few rigs by my friends in
the International field, I
have ripped them apart and
analysed the theory behind
the set-up and how they
work, they are so
simple and yet so affective
in the way they are shotted,
in fact the shotting pattern
are almost tangle free.
The float is shotted
down to its nylon bristle,
with a bulk or olivette only
six inches away from the
hook. Between the
bulk/olivette to the hook
are twenty number twelve
split shots aand a loop to
loop hooklength attachment.
The reason and the
theory for so many split
shots become apparent when
you use the method, the line
below the olivette is always
weighted and lays the line
straight when flipping the
weight of the float back
into the swim when a bite is
missed.
As the float settle's
in the water and a bite is
detected, the float is
struck upwards a few inches
and you can feel the fish on
the line, if however you do
not feel the fish on the
line, the float is simply
flipped back or settles back
in the swim without the bait
or the rig coming out of the
water, allowing more time in
the water to attract a fish.
A technique that needs
to be practised, but yet a
difinite winner on the day.
Other tips for speed fishing
includes hooking the maggot
point first, so the maggot
is crawling up the hook and
line, also by pulling the
maggot above the spade, it
stops it from falling down
into the bend of the hook.
Catching upto fifty
fish on the same maggot is
the aim, the less time
wasted on re-baiting and
recasting the more efficient
one becomes, which accounts
for more fish in the net.
THE ITALIAN WHIP
FLOAT
Fishing the whip method, lift
and leave
Shotting
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)
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Clive Branson (Double Gold, Silver and
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The Big
Chubber
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larger cousin of the balsa
float, but has been adapted
for use on big wild rivers,
although smaller versions are
just as successful on smaller
rivers. Developed for catching
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on big rivers
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and held against a turbulent
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used in conjunction with a
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UK SPLIT-SHOT
WEIGHT GUIDE
Non-toxic
shot
3SSG = 6 x AAA shot (4.8g)
2SSG = 4 x AAA shot (3.2g)
LG = (3g)
LSG = (2g)
SSG = 2 x AAA shot (1.6g)
AAA = 2 x BB shot (0.8g)
AB = 2 x No1 shot (0.6g)
BB = 2 x No4 shot (0.4g)
No1 = 3 x No6 shot (0.3g)
No3 = 2 x No6 shot ((0.25g)
No4 = 3 x No9 shot (0.2g)
No5 = 2 x No8 shot (0.15g)
No6 = 2 x No10 shot (0.1g)
Legal lead ‘dust/micro’ shot
(Note: The higher the number, the
smaller the shot)
No8 = (0.06g)
No9 = (0.05g)
No10 =(0.04g)
No11 = (0.03g)
No12 = (0.02g)
No13 = (0.01g)
CONTINENTAL STYL
WEIGHTS
(Note: The higher the number, the
larger the shot)
No7 =0.01g
No8 = 0.017g
No9 = 0.025g
No10 = 0.035g
No11 = 0.048g
Continental lead styls from No12 to
No20 are all illegal in this
country.
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)
6x20 = 1.5g (6 x No3 shot)
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