I try to avoid slip bobbers as much as possible.  I use a-just-a bubbles more than any other type of bobber or floaters.  They work extremely well (and they're made in the USA)!

Posted By slipperybob on 25 Sep 2010 03:04 PM
There's lots of benefits to slip bobbers.

You can pitch it to thick cover like lilly pads or brush and have your jig fall straight down into the spot you choose vs the extension end on a normal fixed bobber that might've tangle up on the structure.

You can cast a slip bobber on very windy days and never worry about line tangle and get more distance vs the fixed bobber where the lure and bobber might be dancing and tangling in the wind.

You can set a slip bobber for depths like 10-15 feet where it's very unlikely that you can accomplish that on a fixed bobber on a cast.

The bobber type one uses, determines a lot of fishing style to be used. That's a reason why I choose to use a slip bobber a lot. I sometimes like to use even a very small slip bobber as a floater to help keep my line above water for bottom rigs. Even when setting a slip bobber and fishing a sharp drop off from 5 to 20 feet. I can set it to like 10 feet deep and pull till the lure would just hang off the bottom, on the slope where it's a high strike zone. After I catch a fish, I can repeat the same method repeatedly with ease. Without the slip bobber I would have to repeatedly drag my lure through several more casts and retrieves vs just that one cast with the slip bober. Lot's of methods to be explored with teh slip bobber and uses. It can get very techinical if I get into the nitty gritty of how I go about employing my madness methods. Yet, in it's simplicity, it works very well as a tool for catching fish.

Posted By Pegsguy on 27 Sep 2010 09:41 AM
A bit off topic, but I'd like to point out that Adjust-A-Bubble floats can be rigged as a slip bobber! Tom