Question about F-N-F

[Hlleonard]

I have caught several croppie on the f-n-f since I started learning the thing last winter ...and have had only 1 fish cause the bobber to turn up on it's side (taking the weight off the bobber I guess) the rest have hit the jig and taken it down or sideways... I'm hoping somebody figures out a good way to fish the light weight jigs on a slip bobber of some kind...so far I haven't had any luck getting the line to pull through the bobber... have tried adding weight to the thing and it does pull the line down but I just don't like the rig with the added weight....If your fishing with a leader length of maybe 8 feet or less I have found a 6'6" or 7' spinning outfit works for me and is easier to handle than the longer rods.

[OneShy]

Adding weight to the rig would take away from the action. It falls very slow and that is part of the way its fished. A fish may not want to chase something thats zooming downward past them. But if they see it falling slowly towards them it looks more natural and they don't have to expend as much energy to catch it. I'm sure its been tried both ways, and if the slip bobber worked as good, then everybody would be using it instead of doing it the hard way.(it aint easy casting out 10 to 14 feet of line with a fixed bobber)