Can be skipped with ease under overhead cover on spinning tackle. Nail in head makes it stand vertical during cold conditions. Allows fish to take line without feeling resistance of sinker. Cork ball keeps bait off bottom. Uses dipsey sinker on weak line to get depth and allow easy break off if sinker snags.
Offers fish a choice of two lures - a surface plug trailed by a small spoon.
He likes a straight hook and uses an offset hook only when fishing a Carolina rig. Most times you get a better hook set with the sinker sliding free. Peg the sinker only when fishing extreme cover. Never color-coordinate sinker color to worm color. Lean towards black or gray worms and non-shiny sinkers.