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Cralusso surf floats

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Gwyn Jeffs

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Had a couple of these turn up today, the theory behind them seems sound.

However, the ( poorly ) translated instructions only deal with setting the float up, not how to make it do everything they say it will do. I've watched the ( foreign language ) YouTube vids and seen them in action, but I have no idea how they make the float surf across the current and even move upstream.

Anyone have any experience using these things? I can think of about 100 swims without even trying on the Wye that they'd offer a massive advantage on.
If I can get them to work as described.
Will be having a play tomorrow on a 15' rod, I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually but if someone can offer actual experience it'd speed things up for me.
 
I didn't know they could go across the current or upstream, when I've used them all I found with them was they would travel in a straight line when those conditions would make a normal bolo float cut across the current
 
Jason Bean said:
I didn't know they could go across the current or upstream, when I've used them all I found with them was they would travel in a straight line when those conditions would make a normal bolo float cut across the current
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The vids show that you can make them do pretty much whatever you want them to. But they're in Hungarian I think, and being Welsh and unable to speak Welsh I have no chance of deciphering a foreign language vid ;-)
The basic principle is sound, it's just a lollipop float and can be fished as such. But, having seen the range of movement available I think these things have huge potential.
Unfortunately, the only English posts online deal with what they can do fished static and not how to make them do what they're capable of.

Well, I'll figure it out I'm sure, was just hoping for a heads-up on how to make them perform these tricks. They go to 40 grams so winter pike fishing may become a whole lot more interesting if I can master them.
Interestingly, you can overshot by up to 100% apparently.
 
Hi Gwyn, what about downloading an app on your phone, such as google translate, and placing it by the speaker on your laptop/computer, ive heard theres one that actually ( SPEAKS THE TRANSLATED MESSAGE ), you may then get some sort of english version. Worth a try. :)
 
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Hi Derek, nice idea but I don't own a computer these days.

However, I gave them a trial earlier and just 10 minutes messing around without a hooklength on showed me the potential. I did indeed manage to make it go out across the current and hold where I wanted it to. Unsure how to make them go upstream yet, it did it once or twice but it was unintentional, it's all to do with the angle between rod tip and line and I did it accidentally.
Definitely a major arrow to the quiver if I can get it dialled, might even end up posting the first helpful vid in English.

I will have to practice more with them, but I managed a 1.5lb wriggler, a lovely barbel between 7.5/8lb and lost the barbel of my dreams ( see heartache thread ). Can't see me going back to huge feeders after that, especially seeing that I fished a very rocky, snaggy swim and didn't get snagged once.

At 7 quid a pop they aren't cheap, but I bet some of the guys here could come up with some novel ways of using them. I already have several ideas myself.
 
I caught one of my first floatfished Trent barbel on one of these. What I gained is don't be worried to use a heavier float when you have a downstream wind it does help. If you have a more upstream wind you can sure up with the flow and down in a fig 8. Personally I don't use them any more much preferring a speciwag approach. However on a smaller river with the kind of bottom you have I can see the potential.
 
One thing I like about these things is that when my old man said " so you're float legering? ", I said no.
I only had a #4 and #6 shot on the bottom, yet my presentation was static and far more sensitive than lead/feeder setups.

These things are superb. I now own 4 and it's the float rod that comes out of the quiver first.

Jon, I have them up to 10 gram. It looks massive but given the 100% overweighting that means nothing, a minnow will still sink it when set up correctly.

But, you need a pacey river for sure. They simply don't work on anything below fast walking speed. Faster the better really.

Ignore at your peril folks, these things are superb.
 
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