What is the best type and style of weight to use for free drifting out of a sled?

My vote is for pencil lead on a slider. Much more pronounced rod tip bounce when the lead taps bottom.

Same here. Pencil lead on a slider.
Fish hard or go home!

Slinky on a slider. But pencil lead is easy to make.

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Marty
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Russ,
I fish the Cowlitz with a sled a lot during the summer and like to use a fixed lead as you have to get down fast in some of the holes and a sliding weight floats more.When you become more in-tune with the river and the area you are fishing then try a sliding weight. The last couple of years I have been useing slinky lead in surgical tubing, try it you will like it. If you decide to go with just lead get yourself a pair of pliers with a small punch on the jaws to put a hole in your piece of lead then you dont need tubing. Sportco has the pliers ask for John at the fishing counter. Good Luck Also a lot of people make the mistake when free drifting from a sled, that they think they have to have constant contact with the bottom, you only have to tuch every few feet to be very effective to much lead means more snags.

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[This message has been edited by Cpt.Mike (edited 04-06-2000).]

I like fixed, hollow core pencil lead if for no other reason than it makes it alot easier to detect the bite.

The sharp tap-tap-tap of pencil lead is a nice contrast to the rubbery pull/bite of a fish thereby making detection easy.

I have never messed with a sliding weight system mainly for the reason Capt. Mike mentions........the need to get down quick in certain spots.

I was wanderin what size wheight should i use for strong current and if i should use a sinker realese.!!