You want to always pull braid back through cork, sting doesn't last too long and just breaks when pulled!
I still got the cork hook holder on two poles but they're showing their age. I found the small natural cork floats with the strings in them at both Arlington Bait and Tackle (ABT) in Jacksonville and at Hawthorne Bait and Tackle in Hawthorne. That was in Feb-March of last year. I haven't been on the water yet this year.
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