When a young, free-swimming male angler encounters a female, he latches onto her with his sharp teeth. I then have one small bulk of dropper shot just over the length of the float, again to prevent tangles. It’s really easy to slide your way to success, as long as you keep things quite crude and don’t overcomplicate the approach, especially the shotting pattern.

Despite their bizarre appearance, these anglerfish-shaped slides still deliver in terms of quality and comfort. If the float goes over the knot, there is nothing to stop it from sliding up the main line further, and so it won’t cock. Like I said, the method involves using a semi-loaded, large, bodied float, which once cast in, slides up the main line to a stop knot tied at swim depth, enabling the angler to fish deep water easily. This prevents it from slipping over the slider knot, which is the part of the setup that sets the depth at which the float will fish.

You can see the anglerfish’s eyes, teeth, fish, and gills, and the best part about these slides are the dangling filaments on the fish’s face.

Judging from the reviews of Angler Fish Slides, the experience is still quite similar to wearing ordinary slides, besides the curious looks you’ll get. In lieu of continually seeking the vast abyss for a female, it has evolved into a permanent parasitic mate. The slider involves the use of a large, heavy, bodied float, which once cast is set up in a way so it is able to slide up the main line, allowing you to easily fish deep waters with all the sensitivity, flexibility and sheer enjoyment of watching a waggler. I then cast ‘off the bulk’, with the float sitting on top of the shot, but, if your style doesn’t suit this, you can place a small shot just over a float length up the main line, so the float sits around 40 centimettess from the bulk if you find this easier to fish and cast.

Generally dark gray to dark brown in color, they have huge heads and enormous crescent-shaped mouths filled with sharp, translucent teeth. This is quite thick so as well as the powerful flavour and scent trail it provides in the water column, it adds to the groundbait’s stickiness without affecting its overall breakdown rate. To those who are looking for something new to wear, the premium anglerfish shark slides is something you should definitely try. Thirdly, unlike feeder/bomb fishing, the slider can be fished from well overdepth to three feet under the surface, depending upon where the fish are. Regarding the size of float, this all depends upon where you are looking to fish and the depth of water.

Once the swim is fed, I tend to re-feed after every fish, just to freshen the swim but not spook the shoal hopefully! The beauty of the slider is I can fish at range, but unlike a pole, which sees you missing bites very often in deep water, when the fish feel the weight of the float, the slider, although much cruder, is much more sensitive. This type of material is used by top brands in manufacturing their footwear, such as runners and performance sneakers, for their shock-absorption capability. Don’t use a rubber bead though, as these won’t slide along the main line very well, ruining the overall presentation.Only highest quality materials used: We source the finest material from around the globe to make your Shark Slides. In addition, they are also quick to dry after getting wet because they are made with premium quality EVA that doesn’t absorb water. This means they need to be a bit stickier than normal, and so to the initial mix I add Big River, in a 70:30 ratio. With a slider float, you can move the shot about to create a faster or slower fall of the hook bait through the water, tailoring the approach to the way the fish are feeding and giving the perfect presentation for any given day or swim. I use 5lb Drennan Feeder line as it sinks well and, being a little stiffer, it also helps prevent tangles on the cast and when the float is sliding, particularly in very deep water.