Heavy Dibber

Here’s a very useful dibber made from bits and pieces of old broken floats which I found during my wanderings around local waters.

I use this float to reach shy surface feeding fish a good-way from the bank, and it has become a firm favourite...

The top is from a Drennan crystal insert float, which I superglued to a weighted balsa-bottomed waggler (see diagram).

This combination gives you the weight to cast a fair-distance and the option to insert different coloured sight-tips, or even mini-starlights for late evening sessions.How to fish the heavy dibber.
Start off by catapulting maggots/casters to the surface feeding fish... try to get them scrambling for the freebies!
Lock the float onto the line with a couple of shot either side of the eye, use enough weight to cock the float to your satisfaction.
Start off with about three-foot depth to the hook and adjust until you start to get bites.
Cast out over the feeding fish - so as not to scare them... fire in some loose feed, and gently draw the float into the middle of the fish.
Bites are usually quick - sometimes fish hook themselves! It’s fun, fast and furious. I’ve caught roach, rudd, chub, perch and carp using this method.
Even had a tench once! Try it out - it costs nothing!

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