Originally Posted by
gunwhatgun
I was retying s few rods up this morning in anticipation of the dang rain stopping sometime in my lifetime, and I thought of this thread.
Gillchaser I don't know if this will help or not but this is how I set up a slip bobber for 90% of my slip bobber situations. What I like about this rig is the flexibility, it is a slip bobber that can be fixed as well simply by moving the bottom bobber stop. I started using a bottom stop when my loop knots started getting stuck in the bobber tube and would never drop, hence costing me fish. I use uni-knott as the top stop that I tie with mono, usually 4lb test but it really depends on the weight of the main line and the eyes on the rod I am using. If I want to slip float, I set the top stop at the depth I want and put the bottom stop about 8 inches or so above my jig or split shot. if I want it fixed I simply set my top stop to depth and then move the float and bottom stop to the top not. I hope this makes sense and is helpful to you.
I you want to continue using the slip float, and not the bobber stuck/pinned in one place, and to eliminate the knot getting stuck on the bottom of the slip float, you can add a bead to the bottom between the float and knot. Thus eliminating the knot from getting to the float. I'll set up a demo and snap a pic on my phone and then post, to help some visualize what I'm sayin'.
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