cork float question

[steelhead green]

What size round cork float do you use for a 1/8 and 1/16th oz jig.  At sportsmans wharehouse they have a CB4, and a CB3 that looked about right but I wasn't sure. I will be using theses floats for the first time in june for  summer run in mostly calm waters. Do you think that the cork is better than say a steelhead stalker float?  Thanks for the help.

[Chum Man]

when i'm bobber fishing, i like the regular dinks or west coast type floats.  the cork ones don't seem to really tell you what your gear is doing underwater like the pencil style ones do.

[First Bite]

What size round cork float do you use for a 1/8 and 1/16th oz jig. 

I like the 1 1/4" round corks.   

[fishpimp]

What size round cork float do you use for a 1/8 and 1/16th oz jig. 

I like the 1 1/4" round corks.   

what mark said

[GOFISH1]

me too! 

[Brian]

Last summer I watched several anglers fish the Steelhead Stalker type floats and found that they did not work nearly as well as the round cork floats I prefer. If they set their jig too far below the float it would drag bottom and pull these sensitive floats under giving a false assumption of a takedown. This was especially the case in the faster shallow riffles. At the same time my little round cork float would ride nice and high and not get pulled under every time the jig dingged the top of a rock. Even some of the stronger current seams would pull the Stalker type jigs under, and this was not the case with the corks. If your depth is set right the only thing that will pull these round cork floats under is a steelhead. I also noticed a lot more tangles during the cast with the Stalker type floats. For summer fishing I like to keep it very simple, and the round corks fit the bill nicely.

[downtime]

You guys have trouble seeing those round floats?  I'd have have a terrible time trying to keep an eye on a dark float.  Just curious why you guys just don't use balsa floats??

[Jeff]

A little trick I learned from Brian and Andrew... pick up some flourescent paint in your favorite color and paint the top a bit.  Makes a huge difference for us in our "f's"!!!  Probably for you youngsters still in your "t's" as well.

[One More Cast]

Another way to help see these float is to take some bright yarn and wedge it in the hole when you fix your depth. 
This really helps when your tail out of your drift in in the sun or has a lot a glare coming off the water.

Another good time when the pin no longer fits in the hole is to take the pin out completely and push a small piece of pencil lead in from the bottom.  You can then adjust you depth all you want and your gear is waited to help cast easily.

[Ironhead]

C,mon kiddies, the red and white plastic bobbers are the bomb, visually stunning and oh so sensitive.

[Brian]

C,mon kiddies, the red and white plastic bobbers are the bomb,

 

I paint my corks yellow, I find that this shows up well in the white water as well in the bouncy riffles. Even my old eyes can see these things. I have seen others fishing the natural cork and I must admit, I cannot see them darn things at all! Man it's tough getting old!

[Jeff]

Yes, it is tough getting old.  Can't see and still sore 4 days after following a gazelle up and down the river!!!