I use whatever I have around . Right now I'm fishing 20 gram piker Drennans and I like them but they are pretty expensive at around 8 bucks a pop . There are knockoff Drennans available locally (Uncle Fred's or Fishon Floats) and they fish good too and are about half the price of a Drennan . I like them better than ClearDrifts . DNE are hard to beat though in terms of value as they are affordable and are sensitive if you balance the float with enough weight . I have not noticed any difference in hookups using clear floats vs foam for steelhead but I personally like the clear floats a bit better (mainly because I have a bag full of them at the moment lol) . What's more important than the float you use is your presentation . You can have the most expensive floats and terminal tackle , but if your presentation isn't good , the float you use will make no difference whatsoever .