How To - Set Up A Float Rod Starter Kit
Setting up your Float Rod Starter Kit can seem daunting, but by following this clear, step-by-step process, even beginners can get fishing-ready in no time. This guide walks you through every essential stage to help you prepare your rod and tackle like a pro.
Attach your reel
Firstly, you'll need to attach your reel to the reel seat on your rod. Screw the handle down tightly to keep the reel in place. Then screw the reel handle down tightly to keep the handle firmly in place.
Put rod together
Now, put the two rod pieces together, ensuring the eyes are perfectly lined up.
Thread your line
Take your reel line and pass it through every eye on the rod, starting with the biggest eye on the base of the rod and going up towards the smallest eye, ensuring that you do not miss an eye. This is very important!
Add line stop
Once the line has passed through the rod's eyes, you can take a Small, super-tight Line Stop and push it onto the reel line via the small steel sprue, as shown here.
Add waggler adaptor
Now attach a Waggler Adaptor onto the reel line.
Secure waggler adaptor
Add another TWO super tight line stops to trap the Waggler Adaptor in place. It's important to add two stops, as this is what you'll be casting the waggler off. Two will help keep the waggler and stops in place.
Add waggler converter
Add a Waggler converter to the base of the Foam Pellet Waggler. This will add weight to your waggler and allow you to cast it out.
Add your waggler to your converter
Attach the Foam Pellet Waggler and the Converter to the Waggler Adaptor. Make sure you thread the thin end of the swivel through the eye of the Converter, as shown here.
Make a small loop
Make a small loop in the reel line below your float. Trimming the knot down neatly, using a pair of scissors.
Get your rig
Remove a Ready Rig from the Pellet Waggler Ready Kit provided.
Attach your rig
Attach the hook length to the main line loop you've just made, ensuring you pass the main line loop through the hook length loop. Pass the hook through the main line loop and then gently pull tightly until the two loops have been formed in a loop-to-loop pattern. Then, attach a pellet to the band and you are ready to go!
