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Venom Adjustable Floats


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Guys and Gals,

These hit the market this past winter, I bought them first thing and worked them hard over the winter ice. They performed truly well, making life easier and killed alot of the downtime associated with rigging slip bobbers and such. The biggest impression from them was the ease of use, micro adjustments with big results, and the mere seconds it takes to complete the rigging.

I've continued to use these floats throughout the open water season also and coincidentally just got done today with a test of strengths between the Venom Floats and other similar and non similar floats. Now the fish were biting no doubt, which gave me this idea but they weren't biting as hard as I would have liked. My other concerns were crystal clear water, 15ft depth, and sinkers being a no no.

I wanted to get the jig down in my 15ft zone asap to avoid the smaller fish in the 8-12ft range. I was only able to accomplish this with the Venom float (AB mdl). A quick adjustment to a neutral buoyancy through the use of a Large Pin-On Weight, I was able account for a zero weight factor from the bobber. The jig fell down fast and without interruption into my strike zone. Waiting for the next bite, I could see every single lite hit that came. Now with the other floats I had available, I could not gain a fast jig drop which caused a lot of small fish to hook up. And again, detection of the light bites just wasn't there which lead to alot of empty hooks.

Things I gained from using Venom floats that I didn't achieve with other floats:

- No cutting of foam to adjust buoyancy.

- No cutting of line to apply float.

- Quick tuning to acheive the presentation I needed.

- Pin-on Weight added to Float to subtract sinkers and gain casting weight.

- Ultra Sensitive to light bite.

- Obtained fast drop of jigs into strike zone.

A quick talk about their customer service. I've spoke directly to the owner on countless occassions and they are nothing but knowledge and help to you concerning their Venom Floats. When I initially called to first purchase them, the owner gave me a complete run down on how to use this product. To top it off, he was already running late but took time out of his busy day to answer my questions in full. That's top of the line service right there.

On a 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best, this product gets a 5.

The adjustability, visibility, bite detection and durability were all top notch. I definately will be handing these out to friends without hesitation.

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