Just tie an inline barrel swivel to your main line on your fishing reel, bellow the Laser Spot Float. To the swivel tie a leader of at least 2lbs liter test monofiliment that is about 12" to 18" long and then tie on a hook. If you are using 8lbs main line you would want to use at least a 6lb mono leader. If you are using an even higher pound test line you could get away with using a 4lb lighter test and never loose another float on a snag or large fish. The most you will ever loose this way is an inexpensive hook and a short piece of line. Remember, let your drag on your reel and your fishing rod do the work to tire the fish. I've landed many a large rainbow on 4lb line in the 10lb class range. I've even landed more than a few on 2lb test mono line in the same size range, when the water is low and clear and the fish are spooky. At times like these light lining can make all the difference between catching and walking away empty handed like most of the other fisherman or fisherpersons to be more politically correct.

        When using a Laser Spot Float, I would recommend holding your float back against the current, but only slightly. This allows the LED to be very visible and it also allows your line bellow the float to unfurl downstream of the float allowing the fish to see the bait before the rest of your line and float. This makes for a very natural presentation!!!!!!. Spacing your split shot along the leader and using progressively lighter shot towards the hook also helps your line unfurl nicely helping to create a natural presentation.

         When your new Laser Spot Float is not in use, simply pull the lithium battery out of the float, turn it around, and replace it back into the float.    This way you do not misplace the battery(really easy to do)and it's ready right where you want it for the next night fishing trip.

    Use the smallest float possible for the conditions!!!! For example use a small float and as little split shot as possible in clear low water conditions, when the fish are the spookiest.

    If the water is up and moving a little faster than usual, do to a good rainfall, the above set up might not allow your bait to get down quickly enough to be effectively in the fish's strike range. In order to be able to put more split shot on, to get down to the fish, you will have to increase the size of the float, to one that can carry the weight. If you've had a torrential downpour recently the water may be up high and very fast, but some of the best fishing is to be had during those conditions. You really have to increase your float size quite a bit and load on the shot, to get down to the fish.

    When the water is that high and fast it is usually also stained heavily, so the splash of a larger float and the extra split shot are not visible to the fish and therefore they don't spook as easily. Believe me you'll walk away with a lot more fish than the anglers that persist on using finesse techniques in these conditions, because they simply are not presenting their bait to the fish at all. By the time their float is over a fish holding spot the bait is only a few inches to a foot bellow the surface.

     Remember though the#1 rule is to use the smallest float and lightest weight split shot that the conditions allow. Be versatile and match the conditions for the best fishing opportunity. It could mean the difference between getting skunked or getting your limit. Seriously!!!!!

     Don't be lazy to change the float if conditions change while you are fishing. With the Laser Spot Float it's as simple as sliding the float out of the retaining rings(latex tubing)and sliding another more appropriate size into the rings that stay on your line. No more having to cut your line and re-tie to be able to change your setup. Nice Eh! I guess you can tell I'm Canadian Eh.

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