How To Rig The Perfect Slip Bobber For Steelhead And All Fishing

After years of fishing, this is the way I like to rig my bobbers for fishing, be it steelhead, trout, catfish or whatever. I like a slip bobber for easy changing of my depths. The fish tend to lay towards the bottom and with this system I can easily determine the depth and set my bobber at the correct depth for catching more fish. If they are suspended in the water column then I can adjust accordingly. I use a bobber stop, a bead, a bobber, a bumper, and finally an inline sinker. Lastly once rigged I'll tie on the terminal tackle.

[@danielkillgrove1449]

Great info! Thanks! Will be interested in how you make the cork (bobber). I rarely use a slip bobber rig but they are great fishing deep water for walleye

[@idahomountainbuilt]

I use them for all depths, shallowest probably 4 feet down to however deep you go. If im fishing 30 plus feet I’ll use a heavier sinker to get down faster and of course a bigger bobber too

[@barb0087]

This is great! I love that bobber. I recently got back into bobbering for stealheading. I grew up fishing the Clearwater. However, I am rather discouraged with the slip bobbers that are available now. I can't find the old school parts where you used to be able to select the size, shape, and color of the different floats you wanted and then build the bobber on those black tubes. Well, I found the different float shapes that I want online but can not find those long tubes any where. Where did you get your tubes? I would love to see you do a video on how you make those bobbers. I like the shape of that one! It is a little different then I used to do them.

[@idahomountainbuilt]

Glad you liked it, I’ll try and get that video out right away. I’ll have the company i buy parts from included. Thanks for watching, liking, and commenting

[@barb0087]

@@idahomountainbuilt Awesome! I can't wait.

[@thetroutking_1]

With this setup your weight amount will be static. Do you match a certain weight to a certain bobber? (My son and I are new to steelhead fishing and are trying to learn the proper methods)

[@idahomountainbuilt]

Yes deeper faster water may require more weight, so yes I’ll have different bobbers for different rivers. But i only use two weights, a 3/4 ounce inline for shallower rivers to say 10 feet deep. I’ll use a 1-1/4 for everything deeper and bigger than that. The heavier weight obviously helps cast further in bigger wider water as well.

[@thetroutking_1]

Oh wow ok, so you don’t go lighter than 3/4 oz? I was thinking I’d go 1/2 oz and under. Good to know! Thank you for the reply 👍🏻