After some unsuccessful fishing with spinners and lures from the rocks, I've been thinking of giving float fishing a blast. Hoping it will mean I lose less tackle as I'm not constantly retrieving through rocks and sea weed. Just wondering how best to setup a rig for float fishing? I've found a couple of diagrams on the web which I assume would do the job:
(http://www.torbayfishing.com/img/rigs/float-fishing.jpg)
(http://www.seafishingonline.com/images/rigs/seafloat.gif)
I take it the difference in the two setups is the floats, with the line running through the centre of the float in the first setup but being attached to an eye on the float in the second image? Also, I assume the weights used are drilled through the centre so the line runs through the middle of them? So are the beads, float and weight all able to freely move up and down the line, and the stop knot sets the depth at which the hook will sink to?
Last question; I've heard that Mackerel tend to be running around about 10ft. So presumably the stop knot needs to be 10ft from the hook? Silly question but I'm guessing you arent going to try casting with 10ft of rig hanging from the tip of your rod... so can you reel the line right in so just the top bead/float is at the tip of the rod? I only have a wee 7ft rod so the stop knot would likely be on the reel when I go to cast, will it still cast okay?
Hope those questions make sense, sorry there are so many of them but there should definitely be a website called "embarrassing questions you always wanted to ask about fishing, but were too afraid to ask.com" :D