Quote Originally Posted by dwaw View Post
i've got some cricket hooks and a screened container just never tried any. are you using a split shot?

I usually use just enough weight to stand the (sliding) float up, this allows the cricket to fall as slow as possible. When fishing shallow (3' or less), I'll use a clip-on float (just for casting weight), or "peg" the sliding float, and fish with no weight to allow the cricket to fall even slower. It mimics a cricket falling (naturally) into the water, and many times a 'gill will hit it before the slack has been taken-in.