🍞 White Loafer Float

The White Loafer float is a specialist top-and-bottom running water float, developed primarily for big river fishing with bread flake.
It’s a close relative of the Chubber and Half Barrel patterns but has a distinctive shape and colour that make it uniquely effective — particularly in winter chub fishing.

📜 A Short History

The float gets its name from its white, rounded loaf-shaped body, which blends naturally with the sky above the water.
This camouflage effect makes the float less visible to fish looking up, while the white top provides excellent visibility to the angler.

The design became popular among river specialists targeting big chub on bread flake, especially on famous rivers like the River Severn and River Wye.

🏗️ Design and Construction

• Body: White-painted balsa or foam — naturally buoyant and easy to track

• Shape: Rounded “loaf” design — slightly wider than a standard chubber

• Tip: White dome top for visibility and camouflage

• Base: Cane or plastic insert for strength and stability

🎯 Key advantage: The combination of white body and buoyant shape allows the float to remain visible at distance while being less intrusive to fish below.

🐟 Best Waters and Target Species

The White Loaf excels on medium to large rivers with steady to fast flow, particularly:

• River Wye

• River Severn

• Other UK rivers where bread fishing for chub is common

🎯 Ideal for:

• Chub

• Roach

• Dace (in calmer glides)

This float is at its best during winter, when chub respond strongly to a steady bread crumb feed.

🪝 Tackle and Shotting Setup

• Main line: 4 lb

• Hook length: 2–2.5 lb

• Float size: 5–9 swan shot (larger for heavy winter flows)

• Shotting pattern:

  • Bulk 18–24 inches from the hook

  • A single BB or AA shot 6 inches above the hook

  • Optional Olivette for clean casting

📝 Tip: Plumbing should be just off bottom, allowing the bread flake to trundle naturally in the feed line.

🍞 Bait and Feeding Tactics

• Bait: Bread flake on the hook

• Feed: Medium-sized balls of liquidised bread, thrown in every trot down to create a consistent trail.

• The float should follow the feed trail downstream, with the flake fluttering enticingly just above bottom.

👉 This method has produced some exceptional match weights, especially in cold, clear conditions when other baits fail.

🏆 Why It Works

• White body = natural camouflage against the sky

• Perfect buoyancy for holding and trotting

• Excellent visibility at distance

• Proven effectiveness for bread flake tactics

• Ideal for chub on big rivers

✅ In summary:
The White Loaf Float is a classic winter river float, built for precision bread fishing. Its combination of stealth, control, and visibility makes it a deadly tool for catching big chub and bonus roach when the rivers run cold and clear.

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