Drift Sock Question???

[Muskiebait]

Anybody use a drift sock in a river? if so how does it work, just curios if it would slow you down just drifting down stream with the current??

[dan z]

I would think the parachute would not fill up with water a slow you down. I've never tried it in current. I think it would help you troll up stream very well however.

[fasternu]

I tried it last year on the north end of Rainy, where there is lots of current moving through. If drifting down with the current it wouldn't fill up, just kind of rode along. When moving upstream, due to wind, then it would fill up and move us along, despite the wind. Overall, it didn't work very well.

[Hookey]

Not on the river but I threw one out last weekend on Washington and the house never drifted a inch !