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I am not sure about putting an inline on there. More knots more stress points but I may try it.
Interesting, I may have to find some and see how they work. I use a slide weight on the float rigs now. This is just because I have used sliding sinkers for years and years. I either use a swivel on the weight or a clean cut bullet/egg type sinker. I just figured that the inline slip weight would allow for the weight to move around and keep the fish from shaking the hook better. But that could actual be backwards thinking on my part. I know it works but I will still have to try both.
What weight float should I use in certain circustances? As I stated above the water I am fishing and where salmon hold here can be very deep and even with this low water it is still flowing fairly fast. Not a rip but a drift is about 90 seconds or so in faster water. Slower water and almost frog water the drift is more like 2-3 minutes. I know for steelhead the more you can weight it the btter so that only the tip has to go under but what about Chinook fishing? I was using the 1 ounce and I bet I missed some bites so a lighter float might have gotten me larger fish that didn't swallow the bait and take down the bob float.