they both have a time and a place. sometimes they both work in the same place. sometimes only one will work. sometimes the bite on a float is almost impossible to see.

examples of the above...
once I stepped into a hatchery hole that was being fished by masses of floats because of a submerged tree halfway though the hole. me knowing the tree was not on bottom and that all the floats were set above it allowed me to swing a corkie under the crowd and hook and land a nice fish.

once I was fishing a float and it had stripes painted on it (kids sharpies....) halfway through the hole I saw it spin (thank you kids!) set the hook and got a fish...

in fishing sometimes you win sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains....