There are some very nice “off the shelf” float tackles out there, but this is one that is very inexpensive to build, and highly effective to use this very subtle float that “clicks.”
What makes this float work so well is a couple things:
1) It NEVER fouls when casting. (even in a stiff oncoming wind) The float itself acts like the fletchings on an arrow. The weight of the soft plastic and the jig head are being trailed by the 3 inch cigar float.
2) The silhouette of the cigar float resembles the basic body outline of a mullet or other small baitfish. Fish come up to inspect the splashing/clicking surface bait (the float) and WHAM, there is a perfect shrimp or minnow soft plastic bait right in their face. Lots of times they cannot deny this offering. A true killer when fished over submerged structure such as grass beds and/or oyster rocks. Very effective when fished around shallow water docks, bulkheads, pilings and piers. Fishing a soft plastic bait under a float keeps the bait in the (suspended) “strike zone” very nicely.
This “clicking float” is not as loud as a float tackle discussed in a previous Riggin’ and Jiggin’ article, however I think this one is more effective in certain situations.
For example, in very clear water, or in bright sun lit conditions in clear water.
If you study the cut away photo below, you will see just how simple it is to construct.
Materials Needed:
- (1) 3 inch cigar float
- (1) 50# swivel (small enough in diameter to move freely inside the cigar float’s thru hole)
- (2) Small plastic beads
- (2) plastic tapered float pegs
Instructions:
Step 1: Insert mainline from reel thru the back side of float peg, bead and thru float, then tie onto swivel.
Step 2: Insert (fluorocarbon) leader into back side of the other float peg, bead and tie to other end of swivel
Step 3: Press both float pegs into each end of the float FIRMLY.
Step 4: Just add favorite soft plastic(s)
GREAT for kids and adults!… from novice to “seasoned,” you should dedicate one rod for a float tackle, as it will often get a bite in the skinny water.
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