Hillbilly Shindig .4 for everything on the bottom and NG Hayfield for margin and shallow, I do have lots of other pattern floats but thats what I have used for 90 % of my fishing so far this year,The Shindig is the best float ever made there a long bristle but the float itself is slim and tidy you can trim them right down then if the wind gets up and your struggling to see bites, loose a no 11 and you have 2 cm of bristle visible, brilliant.

Drennan Roach – carbon stem.

Silvers up in the water on natural venues and commercials in the smaller sizes 4 No 8 & 4 No 10 with strung out 11’s and 12’s or on the deck with spread bulk and droppers in the 4 No12 and 4 No 14.
Even used down the track on snakes in winter for fishing maggot, caster and pellet.

Used the 0.5g and 0.75g for fishing pellets and meat long on calm days in winter/spring on light rigs in deep water.

Classic pattern and so versatile. Wouldn’t be without them.

Always add a thin coat of varnish before using as a tendency to take on water on a long session.

Preston Chianti pellet/corn winter carp
Carpa Chimp Summer carp on deck.
Colmic Jolly in small sizes for breadpunch on canals
Desque Eric for squatt
Jean Francois in all sizes for silvers lakes/rivers

My favourite 2 patterns of all time are the Preston chianti for deck fishing and the Drennan caster for shallow fishing. However they both need a serious coat or three of clear nail varnish otherwise if you just breath on them they fall to bits.

My favourite margin float is the Nick Gilbert xtreme margin. These are pretty much indestructible under 99% of situations.

My favourite paste float is a new pattern, handmade by a chap at our local (Milemead).
I have never used a float that instantly felt so right. They are brilliant.

Up-in-the-water roach fishing – Tubertini Styx in 4×8, wire eyes can tend to pull out easily though. They sell them up to 4×16 – can’t imagine where you would ever use them this big!

I use preston chianti for meat, corn and pellet on the deck. I use chianti for paste fishing. If the water is deep I’ll use a bigger chianti and in the margins I’ll use a smaller chianti. For shallow fishing I’ll use whatever float is the cheapest.