No Corkies at B.C... but I did go into Joes yesterday, and I made a deal with the register lady, and a manager in the back. I picked up probably cose to 2,000 corkies for 25 bucks...and the little containers that hold 'em. Those were another dollar a piece. Just abou anything you have to seperate to buyy is going for rock bottom prices. I saw a guy buying a whole recycle bin of random Bass grubs, and other plastics for 50 bucks, and it was stacked to the top!
Spinners just need to be haevy enough to get down quick, and stay down for as long as humanly possible. Drift fishing from the bank is actually pretty difficult, as your gear is only in the fishy zone for a maximum of 4-5 feet. But a heavy unit will maximize the effectiveness of a spinner in the water by keeping it rattlin through a drift longer than something that tends to swing up as soon as it comes perpendicular to the angler. Just a little bit of food for thought. And remember that from the bank you need to keep moving down/up two steps every 5-10 minutes.