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What weight (brand, material, etc.) and bead are you using for the Carolina Rig?

Weight? depends. Many choices for different situations. Bead? Just a cheap glass bead. Faceted red.

3/8- 3/4oz weight, tungsten is prefered but brass works too...painted with a bead or two bobber stoppers a swivel and the hook of your choice...sometimes a 1- 1/0 staright shank hook.

I was trying to find out if a lot of guys used the specialty slim C-rig weights or just a regular bullet weight. I tried some of the Lake Fork tungsten weights before and they kept cracking my glass bead. I like the glass beads.

For lakes with Rocks, MOJO's rock hopper - great design, get back most of my rigs when I come back over.

For lakes with primarily grass or lots of grass and wood, bullet weights.

I have used tungsten to rig with, but I just think the cost out weighs the advantages, so I stick with lead and a glass bead. If you want a clicker use a brass clicker instead of a bead. Weight depends upon where and how fast I am fishing, but typically start with 3/4 and move up or down from there.

The only time I use tungsten is in a river where the smaller profile provides an advantage in the current. Mojo is fine but cheap lead eggs feel just as good with a proper flouro main line.

Honestly my best weight is a 1oz. bullet lead with a glass bead the heavy weight bounces thru rock and cover I do like the feel of tungston but it hurts more on snags that break off and can fray the main line the tru tung force beads look good to me i've not tried them yet.