Above the bead above the float, using a short section of Powergum or old mono, using a 6-turn Grinner knot, tie a stop knot onto the leader. This will slide on the line and allow easy adjustable setting of the float for bait depth.

Also part of their diet is crustaceans. They will eat any crabs they find, shrimp and prawn, and offshore Langoustines.On the "outside" of the beads tie the stop knots using the pieces of elastic for this purpose as if they were pieces of line; If it's any help, I've had good results with Eddystones with my barrel lead only 2 inches ahead of the eel and with an eye painted on either side of the lead, near its front end! It was just a personal experiment but it seems to work as a "teaser" and it also makes tangle-free casting much easier.

Days with some overall cloud cover and overcast tend to give better fishing than days when the sun is bright, even in deep water. A slight breeze to ruffle up the sea’s surface is also good as it limits light levels entering the water column. While the Eddystone Eel 2013 is a bit more expensive to buy than other soft plastic lures they are much more robust than most and will outlast the majority of the others ten times over, subject to avoiding snags, and present great value for money. To the lower eye of the swivel, tie on 36-inches of 20lb Fluorocarbon and then the lure of your choice.This current conception has a more stumpy profile than the original eels, tending almost to the shad shape. The concept of the fixed, moulded hook was introduced in a late 1990’s lure and together with inbuilt weight it continues in this latest model.