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lundojam
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Ideally:
Hi-vis mono main line. (Braid and flouro sink.) I like hi-vis when I'm taking up slack before the hookset.
Egg sinker. I've broken off a few times at the splitshot pinchpoint.
4 or 6 pound flouro (or mono) leader of about 3 ft. Swivel.
Plain hook. Maybe a glow or chartruese bead. Colored gamagatsus are nice. Red is tough to beat in clear water.
LONG ROD. A steelhead spinning rod works great. Casts further, and a big sweeping hookset takes up unwanted slack in an instant. 8'6"
I want to start tying my own stop knots using dacron. The superline knots are harder to work with.
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bobbernumber3
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Frankie_Paull: "... and use a lighter to melt down excess from stop. "
I clip the knot ends with a nail clipper and leave the knot end about an inch long so I can retighten the knot when it loosens.
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mutz
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Tube string or dog bone bobber stop, small bead, ball bearing swivel, then six pound leader to hook for minnows or leeches, I use split shot so it’s easy to add or remove the amount I need.
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thegildedgopher
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I really prefer braided lines, but they're pretty much awful on slip bobber knots. Slip-bobbin' is not my go-to tactic, but when I get into a situation that calls for it in the BW, I just tie on a length of mono that is equal to or a bit greater than the depth I'll be fishing (with a double uni knot). That way the braid never comes into play at all.
I use a swivel / egg sinker combo so the line flows freely through the weight. When a fish picks up the bait they don't feel the weight.
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bobbernumber3
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Cc26: "It doesn't happen a lot, but sometimes the stop will catch on the eyelet of the rod when casting. How do you prevent this? "
Good question. I don't know if this is preventable. My solution? Cast harder.
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casualbriday
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If I'm running one rod and want options:
Jig or hook > split shot 18 or 20" up the line > bobber stop (nail knotted dental floss or one of the thread ones on the little tube > spring disconnect slip bobber.
Or, if I have unbreakable confidence in the slip bobber (or an extra rod set up just for a slip bobber):
Hook (usually an octopus because I bought a huge pack years ago and haven't run out) > 2' fluro or mono (my spinning reels all have braid on them so usually it's 3x fly fishing tippet) > barrel swivel > 1/8oz bullet or egg sinker > bobber stop > 1/4oz weighted slip bobber or a light-up slip bobber.
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Cc26
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It doesn't happen a lot, but sometimes the stop will catch on the eyelet of the rod when casting . How do you prevent this?
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walllee
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I use 4, 6, or 8 pound clear Stren depending on what I’m fishing for, plastic dog bone type bobber stop with a bead between the stop and bobber, and appropriate split shot that coincides with my plain hook or jig I am using. Sometimes no split shot if I’m using a jig.
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Jackfish
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Pretty much ditto what Walllee said, except I've never used a jig under a slip bobber - always an offset walleye hook with leech. Sometimes a minnow.
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Savage Voyageur
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Simple here, just 8# mono, slip bobber, split shot and a plain hook tipped with a leech.
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Frankie_Paull
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Some this is my rig braid line and the when I tighten my bobber stop, I coat both stop and main line with chapstick and use a lighter to melt down excess from stop. I then use egg sinker, then swivel, and use a 3ft 6lb flour leader and hook. Interested in what you guys do.
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