How to Use split shot in a Sentence

split shot

noun
  • Add a few split shot above the hook and a piece of garden worm and get after it.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Most fishermen are using a long spinning rod and 6- to 8-pound test line, and split shot to weigh down a variety of offerings.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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

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