You can buy plastic stops ends for weights and floats, but if you're like me you'll be always losing the damn things. So, why not make your own? The advantages are: they're cheap, you'll always have a supply and they're disposable.

Right... get some cotton buds and cocktail sticks. I'll be very surprised if you don't have these somewhere around the house!

Next... cut them into small sections as shown opposite using scissors.

Action... when out fishing and you need stop ends to a float or ledger then use them as shown by threading the line through the cut cotton bud and then securing with a cut cocktail stick - sorted!

 DR CARP