I have a friend who likes to do this: cast out a sinker and slide the lure down to the sinker. I don't care for it. You lose the benefit of having a slider when you do this. While the kwikfish is on a swivel that will slide somewhat, if the sinker gets tangled in the net you're probably screwed. I don't like this. I also think it puts abrasive pressure on the end knot that the knot isn't designed to withstand. The only reason to do it is if you need the extra casting distance that you get from casting a bare sinker.

I also generally don't cast the rig out, even with a slider rig. They get tangled too often. Even if it only happens 1 out of 5 times, it happens a lot. Then you have to either reel it in, and do it again, or it's fishing ineffectively. As long as there is current, I'll walk the gear back for reliability.

 

I cast my kwikfish behind the boat on the normal sliding setup and it works fine. For the most part I do it when there is very little current and it is nearly impossible to bounce the plug back 60 feet. Make sure if you have rookies in the boat you don't let them cast, unless of course you enjoy picking out backlash.

 

usually cast out the weight with a spin-n-glo tied to it, then slide down the kwikfish to prevent tangling, but you can solid tie this setup with the proper leader lengths and possibly use a spreader to prevent tangles.

 

I had some friends years back absolutely destroy chinook and coho casting railroad spikes and clipping on kwikfish. Big water big fish no rold holders small river.This was a bank technique and doesn't really apply to the question asked.

I tend to fall on the same side of the fence as "silver Hilton" and his explanation

 

When sliding the Kwikfish down, I've never had a knot problem with the bead to protect the knot. 2 years ago a sea lion grabbed my salmon and stripped off 250+ yards of line before the knot at the lure broke. Bigger issue would be if the salmon ran directly at you and pulled the lure up your line. And if you add the spin-n-glo to your setup, you will catch more fish.

 

do it all the time. cast out the sinker and slide a kwikfish down to it.

 

The back 3 rods I bounce back the front side rods I cast pyramid sinkers out to the sides and run plugs down I run 2 beads between the leader swivel and the barrel swivel that the dropper is tied to.