Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
.... I think that may be more of a "age thing" than just a "region" thing. I called them "corks" thru the first, I don't know, 50yrs of my fishing life. And still "think" cork, even when I'm calling them a float, bobber, slip float, or whatever the local vernacular is where I am at the time.

The term "Cork" has been around for a LOOOOONG time, because they WERE made of cork back in the olden days. First time I ever used one was around 1960, it was a bottle stopper cork. (10' cane pole, nylon line, #6 hook, crimp-on lead sinker)
Dad would take a rat tail file and open up the hole in the cork to where a torpedo sinker would fit snugly. It would then cast a country mile. Maybe the first weighted bobber. Late 50's, early 60's. I learned so much from him.