It will be in inches not feet!

The separation between your bait and the weight is purely a matter of how much tension you have on your line.  There would be separation during the free-fall to the bottom (maybe this is what you are asking?), amount of which would be determined by size of weight, bait profile, and line type.  Once you start the retrieve, however, your line will pull through the weight until you've made contact with the bait.

Big-O showed me this on KY Lake and I've been doing it ever since. Slide on a bobber stop, put the weight on, then slide another bobber stop on. One of the old timers, Bud, showed me something as well, Put a red bead the same diameter as the weight you are using in between the weight and last bobber stop next to the hook in dingy water. It did work for us.

The separation between your bait and the weight is purely a matter of how much tension you have on your line.  There would be separation during the free-fall to the bottom (maybe this is what you are asking?), amount of which would be determined by size of weight, bait profile, and line type.  Once you start the retrieve, however, your line will pull through the weight until you've made contact with the bait.

yes sir. and you can do this little trick with slack line

The separation between your bait and the weight is purely a matter of how much tension you have on your line. There would be separation during the free-fall to the bottom (maybe this is what you are asking?), amount of which would be determined by size of weight, bait profile, and line type. Once you start the retrieve, however, your line will pull through the weight until you've made contact with the bait.

Even on free-fall with a 1/4 oz weight the separation is inches, increase weight the distance decreases.

Misconception is that distance is in feet

The concept of a Texas rig is for the weight to slide up the line after hook-set.

Catt, are we talking about the same thing?

I can get a 3/16 oz bullet to slide 2-3 ft away from my worm in an above ground/4 ft swimming pool, let alone 6-8 ft on slack line when on the water.

using 6lb test and a roboworm on spinning gear. 

Edited February 21, 201412 yr by ClackerBuzz