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Old 07-07-2016, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by wildwoods View Post
Yeah I'll bump my own thread. Ok

I've used slip sinkers for trolling spinning rigs on lakes. Work great. I'm guessing a lot of guys employ them on the river. Will a minnow on a bare hook be suspended in a river using this method?
Honestly not much of a spin casting river fisher. Haven't done much of it. More of a lake and (river) fly fisherman...
I hate Pickerel rigs although acknowledge why guys use them...
I use about 14in or so of line to the hook. It suspends the bait nicely and gives it a nice flutter in the current.

Pickerel rigs are effective, but messy (both in rivers and tackle boxes) and the materials are very cheap.
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