Pole Fishing Floats for windy weather?

[Darren]

hey all, one thing I have been looking to recently is my micro-managment when it comes to my pole rigs.. i'm currently looking into what floats work well in windy weather on a lakes.. I want to find a float that sits well within the waves without making my bait dance on the bottom.

any tips in general would be great

[jamesmead10]

Alright mate.

The slimmer the better! They cut through the water more efficiently and combined with a wire stem add much stability. I got to the point where all my floats were slim with wire stemmed (except for the carp puddles) as I believe they also provide less resistance to a fish 'having a go'.

Tight Lines!

Preston pb10 pole floats
Preston tyson 2 carp pole float

these are a couple of type of floats to use on a windy day, i sujest the type that dont have that stick thing on the top use the type that are like a little nipple in the water, easy to see when you have a bite, ill put a couple of web site for you to have a look at :

http://www.tackleshop.co.uk/Products...le%20floats/v/

http://www.dragoncarpdirect.com/cgi-...O#aAVPH_2dAVPO

i hope this helps you

[Darren]

thanks for the info, I found an article a while back about the effect of wind on lakes - i think i have the link on my laptop and will have to sort it out.. goes into a lot of detail about how the attributes of a float make it good for windy conditions...

Darren

[jamesmead10]

My favourite floats of all time are the Milo Cuts.

They're really fragile though and have a really long wire stem so they not the best if you're clumbsy like me. Tubertini Concordes are great and relatively robust too!

Just a small tip that might be of some use to you slim is very important.
But if you can find some with a long tip then try colouring the tip into three or four different colours you will soon get to see what is the wind and what is a bite it will improve your catch rate on windy days