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[dennisK]

my friend says not to use corkie (only wool) on your line when drifting for sockeye on the fraser. why? he claims that since you are flossing the fish a corkie would "bunp" the fish off as it flossed down the line to the hook. sort of preventing contact by the fish with the hook...using only a piece of wool on the hook would keep the line clear and thus make the floss more effective...

seems logical, no?

[dennisK]

I know when i drift in the vedder it is more effective - but the fish there DO bite. it's the fraser "technique" which is the one i am curious about with a corkie...

[TtotheE]

keep the corkie small, and the bump will be minimal. Not that it really matters.  Most of the time when you floss a fish the hook is found at the corner of the mouth, where the upper and lower jaws meet so corkie or not, unless the sock is opening its jaws WIDE open and swimming backwards its not gunna bump.

I like corkies because it seems to lift my hook so as not to snag my hooks as much.

I don't like corkies cuz they can be costly  

Check out Berry's and I believe they've got an alternative rig on display that'll prevent any bumpage.

[Gooey]

For a season, I tried running a corky behind the hook.  When tying the bate loop I started with a 3 inch tag end allong the shank.  Too that tag end I tyed a corky.  Absolutely ZERO difference in my success rate or compared to other fishers around me...like the last posting said, just more money down ther drain when you break off!

[leadbelly]

so far my fave rig is a small bead next to the hook and then a small corkie.

[Fish Assassin]

I like the corkie

[pepsitrev]

 ;Dcorkie of course works for me

[oddjob]

I perfer to use a corkie, does color of the corkie matter? A lot of my friends us nothing but the watermellon colered one, the say springs like the green on it. There must be at least 50 different color combinations of corkies, is it perferance or is one better than the other?

[leadbelly]

all the same.You can also use the small wooden beads found at the dollar store, couple hun for a buck, all different sizes.Or cheaters or those football shaped corkies.Or check out the bead store in Port Moody, tons of cool beads and stuff,great for spinners too.

[TtotheE]

ever noticed when using the longer tag at the end you snag your hook quite often? That and you lose JUST the tag?

[Fishin Freak]

I'm to cheap to use a corkie   I just use those small red plastic beads you can get at wal-mart for $.99 or the tackle store for $1.29 You get 30 per pack as well. I think using a bead makes a HUGE difference, my partner I fish with hardly ever catches fish and I consistently catch much more than him. He doesn't use a bead but when he does he soon is catching fish to.

[chris gadsden]

Nothing needed at all.

[Fishin Freak]

Nothing needed at all.

Quite obviously not ALL the fish are biting the presentations but a corkie helps keep it off the bottom, it's not like the fish are dragging their jaw on the bottom of the river.

[Fishin Freak]

Because river rocks are round and sand doesn't snag to easy.

[Fishin Freak]

Simple principals make sence   It's much the same as a stick in the water usually results in a snag if your hook contacts it.