There are some good bobbers and there are some great bobbers, but the only draw back I have found with most of them are bobber stops. You can buy the ready made ones, which work well, or you can tie your own. Cabelas sells that green line to make your own, a spool will last you a life time, the knot is fairly simple to tie. I think thill makes the best ones on the market. the weighted ones are really good, but sometimes you can over weigh them.Thill makes several where the line goes through a hole in the bottom of the float, that way you dont need the little beads. On some of them, getting the line through the stem is a pain.Fishing facts magazine had quite a good article about bobber fishing, dont know if youcan search the archives on the web. But the slim bobbers go down easier.My problem is getting them to go down past 12 ft, sometimes the knot will interferewith the line on spinning gear.That fishing tackle store there injamestown had some good selections a few years ago.