Check the listing for details. Carp Float Fishing float for carp that wards off birds. Surface bait presenter.. Condition: New. Listed at 10.88 USD. The Surface Bait Presenter. The Surface carp float that wards off those annoying birds from taking your bait and possibly getting hooked. So you only hook the fish! Check with your neighbor if not delivered by said time .Pay for first class if you need then fast The tracking number on your order are E bay tracking only. NOT Royal mail. Unfortunately I can no long offer fist class when you buy more then one. as postage has increased to much and I do not want to load this item with the extra cost. Buy one to keep in the tackle box for when the weather warms up! Get those fish on the surface. Its fun! Try it in the winter like I did . LB 14.30z when I was blanking on the bottom. For day glow colour tops . Please go to my other listing. Carp are teasing us. The weather is changing all the time. How better to put out a float that wards off those ducks and other water birds, so now we even got sea gulls. But using one of these puts birds off taking your bait providing its close to the float as in the photo. or a meter away you can get away with it. Temperatures up and down. So here is another method to try. Carp are intelligent and learn. Out wit them. With its Patent design and eyes, this float actually deters almost all birds from taking the bait on the hook. Like any other fishing. It depend on the carps feeding habits. So there are no guarantees that you will catch carp using this right away. I did up in London by the M25. landing 18 carp averaging 10 LB in just an hour or so. Confused what and how to fish? Carp are so shy and those birds are nicking your bait on the surface :-( So grab one of these for your tackle box. But don,t leave it in there! Set is up and cast it out. Or flip it out by some lilies. The new improved flexy tube that takes a bigger long term bashing/catches without snapping! Yes, I had to do some changes in suppliers to get better tubes, at a cost! The price has increased on this order of supplies. As much as I tried to keep the price low as there was no increase in April. Cost and packaging bit me in the behind :-( These tubes do not become brittle as earlier models that reacted to glue. DO NOT TRY TWISTING THE WEIGHT. As some will break on the eye. Environmentally Friendly other than the tube. The tube sadly, I can only find in plastic for its bendable properties. Using none toxic weights and cork. Glass eyes. Hook line direct to the main line. using thicker line like 15Lb stiff is better to protrude the bait away from the float as in the photo. The bait sits on top of the surface or the hook length the depth can be controlled, Just loosen the wood peg and slide the line back and forth to desired length. Use it as a controller and for getting those light baits out to the fish. This Floating bait presenter keeps the line-up and away from the fishes sight until the final take! See video on YouTube at diveactive for setting up. Accurate casting with bread and any other light floating baits becomes easy. Use as a normal float with maggot or worm. The fact is, this float wards off birds from taking your bait :-) So cast one of these out and leave it buy a Lilly, or if an off bank wind is blowing.That's even better! Fish in open water. Some times the carp will come to inspect it and Wam! Remember there is no guarantee of catching carp with any method. This is not a magic wand! Ward those annoying ducks off! Most water birds avoid it. Leaving the bait for the fish. For the Florescent day-glow version. see other listing. HAND MADE AND BALANCED / WITH PATENT(C) Idea and variable designs. Catching shy feeding carp REDUCES THE PROBLEM! A must for you stalking carp fishermen like myself! Easy to set up ! I have caught in open water and left the set up as you would with a zig rig. On well stocked ponds and lake Its great fun. It is like sending out a tiny fisherman to catch the fish for you. Flexible easy to cast with light delicate baits like bread. Wards off water birds leaving the bait for the fish.Sits the bait on the surface so that the carp do not detect the line. Less snags and tangle in the lily beds. It blends in with the foliage. Ask if you want the top painted florescent! These are offered on my other ebay store. Where you can buy day glow topped floats and the big brother float for casting this bit further. If you want a florescent a top. This may take a few more days for delivery. Nick names the Breader or SBP It has been used as a controller with soft long surface lines and used for mullet fishing too. You can just change from ledger to this . Floating line is not essentialTo extend and hide the stopper , an anti rig tube may be applied . See photo! Designs vary according to available materials. Subject to change by manufacture. They are hand made and tested in tap water. As new. Larger are available subject to available stock on the another listing Ebay page. These larger models are used for longer casting. Google The floating bait presenter for history and story. Not to be copied, under UK patent. However : It is approximately 20cm long, the body 4x2 cm Made from High quality Bottle Cork and flexy rigid tube that can be adjusted with light heat. from a lighter. Glass eyes and None toxic weights. Its has taken allot of time to get this right and to find materials that keep the cost down. I looked at plastic and having them made in China. This was not cost effective at this time. It lead to many environmental problems . So, the only none environmentally friendly part is the stem (tube) From research to using bubble floats and polystyrene floats But that defeated the object of being environmentally friendly. So back to Cork that is hard to work with. Paint and drilling is a problem too working with cork. To have this made at this time would cost over a few thousand pounds. So This is it. At this time. Covered with a UK world wide patent as stated. For all the feed back I have received, has been great and thank you all for the results and praise. It is what it is and it works. If you use it right. No Returns or refunds! This is like any other terminal tackle. There is no guarantee it will last as we have no control how you use it. Or catch with it everyday. Its fishing! The tube is made from a secret material that it is very flexible but also rigid. High grade fishing boom. They do not snap unless under unnatural extreme force. To try and snap them where they will then bend like a straw. With warm heat from a small flame or hot air they can be re formed or bent to shape. But not if they have been creased. Balance may differ as discovered in dirty water. If the water has oil or silty slick type muck on the surface , you may need to add weight with some weight putty All floats are tested in fresh water before shipment! Customer questions ??? what are the two sticks for ? They are line stoppers. If you lose them they are environmentally friendly as made of wood. Just cocktail sticks. Easy to replace. The Clear Plastic tube bends as it crease to easy and does not return to shape. Also become brittle when glued. So I closed the listing. But I did land a 9LB carp in the fist 5 min of casting :-) (C) Registered in the Uk Pat No 284695595 Feed back on your catch to the web site would be appreciated, If it gets broken due to fishing and not from abuse or miss handling. Please, e mail me with the photograph, I may be able to repair or replace it. However, you will need to send the broken one back. For Coloured tops . Buy here : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carp-float-Floating-bait-presenter-surface-carp-fishing-controller-Stalking/303196000958?hash=item4697e3d2be:m:mFrh9E5QDDjr4hUFfJzKH7wWarning! This is not a toy. The float has small parts they may harm children and could be swallowed. Not to be used by children. Not to be dismantled. When no longer required and to be disposed of. Please think! Bin it in the appropriate way. Thank you for shopping with me and please give feed back. Thanks again Due to increase price in parts , postage will now be second class unless stated otherwise where you will need to pay for first class postage. Order two and you may get it first class post. If I remember.