Float Rig for Chub
Float fishing for chub with big baits such as bread and meat, is a brilliant way to spend those cold winter mornings. Simple, robust gear is all you need in a float rig for chub, and in this article Colin Sheppard looks at the gear he uses when fishing fast flowing rivers for winter chub with bread.
- Firstly make sure you use an abrasion resistant mainline, I use Black Magic Gold 0.17mm / 4.50lb.
2. Thread four rubbers onto the line, a big one first followed by three small ones.
3. Choose the right float, one big enough to dominate the swim, a 4g Alloy Avon is often my first choice.
4. Attach the float with the big rubber that goes over the tip and then pulled down to the floats shoulder.
5. Pull the three small rubbers onto the alloy stem. Three rubbers stop the float moving on the strike or whilst playing a fish.
6. The first rubber is positioned at the top of the stem.
7. The second float rubber goes in the middle of the wire stem.
8. The third float rubber goes at the bottom of the wire stem.
9. Thread an inline olivette onto the mainline. If I’m using a 4g float, I use a 4g olivette.
10. Using a figure of eight knot create a loop in the mainline.
11. Lock the olivette onto the mainline with a no6 shot either side.
12. Choose the right hook length and hook, Sphere size 12 hooks to nylon are great, especially when using bread.
13. Remove a hook length from the spool and reduce the length of this to around eighteen inches and create a loop using a figure of eight knot.
14. Place this loop through the mainline loop. Then pass the hook through the hook length loop. Pull straight and tighten down.
15. Add a no6 shot around twelve inches up the hook length.
16. Add two no8 shot, evenly spaced between the hook and larger shot.
17. The final rig, robust enough to land any chub in the fast flowing, shallow swims.
Components
Black Magic Gold 0.17mm/4.50lb Mono
4g Alloy Stem Avon Float
Four Float Rubbers
4g Inline Olivette
Sphere Beast size 12 to 0.16mm Hook Length
No 6 and No8 Split Shot.
