Waggler Fishing Part 6 - Basic Slider Float Fishing

I take a look at the basics of fishing a slider float. As ever it's best to keep it simple. Using a slider float is ideal for bream fishing in deep waters. It's a good idea to fish at fairly close range at first. To start with use 3lb main line and a short length of slightly thicker (4 to 6lb) line to make the slider knot.

[@WolfmanWoody]

It was a meeting with Billy Lane when I learned about sliders. He showed me and I had to have my dealer buy a card full of Billy's sliders, which I paid for and shared with my two mates. Brilliant floats with a nice body at the bottom and a fine hole, probably 1mm Ø, so it stopped at the knot. I needed it for the 16ft end of a dam we fished with 12ft rods.

[@MarkWintleFishing]

In Billy's books he states the hole should be 15 thou which I make about 0.38mm.

[@activdogs_dorset]

Really enjoy fishing a slider. Have always found a sideways strike with the rod parallel to the water, rather than up, much, much more effective at connecting with delicate bites

[@terrycousins3015]

Used a heavy slider by DJK floats at Alton water a few weeks back casting into 12ft deep water. Set right in bad windy conditions it was a joy to use and resulted in Bream over 4lb,several smaller Bream,skimmers and Roach using a 15ft rod not my usual 13ft Normark Titan.

[@lucybarringham2491]

Cheers, Mark!

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Nice & interesting video Mark 🎣👍. My problem is. I fish inbetween two Dame , 70 to 85ft deep. How do I feed my spot 🤔. As in , how fare up . Do I have to thow my balls of bait 🤔. FYI I live in B.C 🇨🇦

[@MarkWintleFishing]

The deepest water I encounter and actually try to fish is around 15ft and that's still water rather than moving. Moving water maximum is around 13ft. I guess you have to work out how fast the flow is and then how quickly the bait gets down. At that sort of depth we would probably use a swimfeeder in the UK.

[@brianreed1451]

Nice one Mark. Tell me has christchurch and waters that would suit a slider

[@MarkWintleFishing]

They don't have many really deep waters, just Spinnaker. If possible I do prefer to use fixed floats but it's a personal thing. 50 odd years ago there were two camps on sliding floats; Billy Lane was a great fan of them but Ivan Marks preferred fixed floats.

[@willemvanderklooster4387]

Why not showing us how to plumb the depth...?

[@MarkWintleFishing]

I covered it in the previous video. The only difference with plumbing the depth with a slider is that you move the slider knot not the locking shot. It is probably best to use a weighty plummet with sliders rather than a BB or AAA shot. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4mTo5iMhs-egas