1 GETTING KIDS HOOKED
The youth are the future of this sport; without them, this wonderful sport dies. Many styles of fishing are too complicated or nuanced to pick up in a few moments, but float fishing is perhaps the exception. The wonderful simplicity of casting a float and slither of bait into the sea and simply watching for it being taken under by a predatory fish is very easy for the child or newcomer to angling. If you are an experienced fisherman supervising others, managing and keeping an eye on things is straightforward. Some of my own first fishing experiences were spent sitting on a rock whilst watching an orange bubble float bob around the edge of a reef and suddenly be pulled under by pollock or ballan wrasse. It was so exciting as a child, we’d spent countless hours, and you never knew what you might catch. These adventures were one of the reasons I became addicted to fishing, and I wouldn’t trade these magical experiences with my father for anything.
2 ROUGH GROUND
One of the fantastic benefits of using a float is that it
