Not really a bass fishing specific question, but just general. I’m used to using those plastic round red/white clip on bobbers. I’ve been researching the pros of using slip bobbers. The thing I’m not quite sure about, is when I was out fishing today and looking at the line guides of my Daiwa AirdX casting rod…the eyelets are super small, especially the last few. How does any kind of bobber stop pass through the guides?  They seem like they would be too small. Thanks for helping a newbie out. 

Different kinds of bobber stops can be used. If it's going to be passing through your line guides, I'd opt for the string type instead of the rubber stoppers. 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Thill_Bobber_Stops_6pk/descpage-TBOBS.html

For a casting rig using slip-bobbers - definitely use the string type...don't forget a bead, even those strings can get embedded in the opening of the bobber.

These work for me. https://www.ebay.com/p/1400218148

 

jj

As mentioned go online and look at Thill Bobbers and how to use. 

Tom

I’m cheap and lazy ? I just use a piece of heavier line and tie it to my mainline where I want the float to stop.  Trim the edges and it slides pretty easily through my rod guides.  I only use floats for crappie fishing though.  

I have almost exclusively used the ribbon-style slip bobber stops for about 20 years of walleye and crappie fishing.  I have found that a rod with a lot of small guides doesn't work well, even after I trim up the ends of the string on each side.

 

Try to find a rod with a less amount of guides that are bigger.  You aren't looking for a super sensitive high end rod here - its bobber fishing.  You put the rod in the holder, turn on the game, kick your feet up, and drink beer while bobber fishing.  Sensitivity is not a requirement.  When the bobber goes down, you set the hook.

 

I currently use a Cabela's Fish Eagle combo spinning setup.  Its about 40 bucks I think.  The bobber stop does not get hung up on the guides.

17 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I have almost exclusively used the ribbon-style slip bobber stops for about 20 years of walleye and crappie fishing.  I have found that a rod with a lot of small guides doesn't work well, even after I trim up the ends of the string on each side.

 

Try to find a rod with a less amount of guides that are bigger.  You aren't looking for a super sensitive high end rod here - its bobber fishing.  You put the rod in the holder, turn on the game, kick your feet up, and drink beer while bobber fishing.  Sensitivity is not a requirement.  When the bobber goes down, you set the hook.

 

I currently use a Cabela's Fish Eagle combo spinning setup.  Its about 40 bucks I think.  The bobber stop does not get hung up on the guides.

I just use the standard rubber stops...same as I use for T-Rigs.

 

Course I'm on spinning gear - my Avocet RZT-1000/Procyon L/F or the Avocet RZT-2000/Reflexions ML/MF...larger guides.

 

Sometimes I have the stop up far enough it gets on the spool, but VERY rarely does it get hung-up casting.

I have a setup that 100% of the time has a slip bobber setup. Granted its a 4'8 Ugly Stik UL and I use it for Panfish and crappie. I use the rubber stops like the ones pictured above because the string ones slipped because I am using 2lb line and its so tiny I cant get the knot on the string tight enough. I like the rubber ones alot, they pass through the guides just fine on that little rod and dont slide on the line at all. 

I use a 1/64oz jig head on my slip bobber rig and it pulls it down just fine. Granted I had to find the right bobbers and the Mr Crappie ones with a plastic insert all the way through do the trick. But I can cast a 1/64oz jighead with a little 1" gulp minnow a really far distance for a 4'8 rod with the added weight of the bobber being at the end of the line with the teeny jighead. 

My float and fly rig works hard during the coldest weeks of the year.  The slip float is the most efficient to go about it IMO.  The style or size stop actually depends on the bobber your using.  I found the thread stops along with a bead to work the best in any case.  Most of the time Im using 1/64 or 1/80, the biggest I usually go is 1/32 and rarely 1/16.  If your having trouble getting the line to slip through the bobber with the super light jigs its and easy fix.  Just use a FC leader at the end of your main line, the density of the FC will help the line slip through.  You can either use a longer leader and tie the stop on it or use a shorter leader and tie the stop to your mainline depending on how deep you want to fish.

I just use some old line and tie a bobber stopper knot with it.