So I’ve got a little range of bolo floats.

[Steve Jeffery]

Agree with a lot of the comments, there is clearly an overlap of designs and styles, but bolognese style fishing is essentially the ability to fish a top and bottom float at range where stick floats and avons cannot cope with that range. As mentioned earlier, bolo fishing traditionally involves a longer rod of up to 18 feet to control a float running through at distance.

 

[Simon Archer]

Agree with a lot of the comments, there is clearly an overlap of designs and styles, but bolognese style fishing is essentially the ability to fish a top and bottom float at range where stick floats and avons cannot cope with that range. As mentioned earlier, bolo fishing traditionally involves a longer rod of up to 18 feet to control a float running through at distance.

IMO, this is correct.

It's the style of fishing that's called Bolo or Bolognese fishing, not the float. We've just grouped a range of big floats together that suit a particular style of fishing and called them Bolo floats. Same as bottom end floats all being called Wagglers now, rather than Onions, Swingers, Missiles, Zoomers. They're all wagglers now.

I dare say a very large stick float on a bolo rod would work just as well.


As usual, your craftmanship is top drawer Richard.

 

[Graham Elliott]

Many floats of a said pattern or style, have advancedor more likely just adapted to suit the current trends.
Have a look at avons from 100yrs ago!.
Can't comment on bolos, as I think they are European.
Either way, your floats look excellent for today's style of big baits, specimen fish
fishing.

Or big powerful rivers with small baits like maggots after silvers

 

[Dave Brooksbank]

Whatever people choose to call them, it’s all I use religiously on rivers for trotting and have done for years.

From what I've seen on the bank etc, wire/carbon stem bolo and avons are really popular these days.
I sold the remainder of my traditional style stick/avon floats on here some time ago and all i use now are Andy Burts Superb offerings and a really good peacock waggler design with interchangeable tips.The crystal plastic wagglers are absolute trash imo(can't cast and break easy)
Will try some of yours Richard with black tip paint at the ready

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Or big powerful rivers with small baits like maggots after silvers

 

[Richard Isaacs]

From what I've seen on the bank etc, wire/carbon stem bolo and avons are really popular these days.
I sold the remainder of my traditional style stick/avon floats on here some time ago and all i use now are Andy Burts Superb offerings and a really good peacock waggler design with interchangeable tips.The crystal plastic wagglers are absolute trash imo(can't cast and break easy)
Will try some of yours Richard with black tip paint at the ready

When the stock has gone Dave if you want black tips I’ll paint and clear coat some black specially for you