How to Use split shot in a Sentence

split shot

noun

• The baits are nose hooked on 2/0 short-shank hooks and drifted with the flow, with enough split shot above them to keep them near bottom.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• An extra split shot or two can help with casting distance and pulling the rigs through the slip float.
  — Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2022
• Tie a small hook or tiny jig on the end of the line, add a lead split shot or two, and suspend the offering under a stick float.
  — cleveland, 9 July 2020
• Several split shot were attached to the leader, spaced about 18 inches apart, and a float was added to the main line.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2018
• In deeper water or swifter current, a ⅛- to ¼-ounce egg sinker 18 to 36 inches ahead of a swivel or split shot is the rig of choice.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 18 June 2020
• The buoy and split shot work in tandem to offer more forgiveness when the fly is cast into a stream or river.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• Make sure baits are ticking the river bottom, often weighted with small split shot pinched on about a foot, or two, above the bait.
  — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
• There’s a flip-out pocket sewn into the bib that can hold spools of tippet, a bag of split shot, and even a retractor to leash a hemostat.
  — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 7 Sep. 2018
• It’s considered an emerger, to be fished in the surface film or just below, yet some anglers fish it deeply with a split shot, like a nymph.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 30 Mar. 2020
• Use a small hook and a lively minnow, and distribute enough split shot weight within a couple of feet of the bait to prevent it from swimming out of the strike zone.
  — Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2020
• Finally, the changing nature of the river during the drift called for constant changing of the amount of split shot and location of the strike indicator.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Oct. 2021
• Attached to the fishing line is a buoy, which helps an angler know when a fish is nibbling; a split shot weight, which helps adjust the water depth of the fly; then the fly itself, independent of the other two parts.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• This is useful not just for manipulating lead split shot, but also for working with the flat metal sleeves used in more elaborate wire rigs for big game fishing.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024