Since the onset of the drop shot technique, this form of fishing has been used to entice deep fish. You would work this rig generally in 20 to 40 feet of water and if there was grass around you generally would put it down. Suspending fish was the target and it has done a great job of it. Today there have been some improvements to the technique and some new ways to work this bait in the thickest grass. Now you can use this technique with a 1 oz. Tungsten weight and about a 3 foot leader with the worm rigged Texas style, and flip the heavy milfoil. What many folks don't know about flipping heavy grass is that the bait is generally hit or struck by the bass just under the mat not on the bottom. The drop shot can be used very effectively by matching the leader to the water depth under the matted grass and let the leader sit on the bottom with a tight line and shack the worm. This allows the worm to stay in the strike zone, the weight stays on the bottom and you catch fish. The only thing you have to do is get that weight to punch through the grass and the worm or tube will follow it; and you have a bait that stays in the strike zone longer than the traditional flipping style of today.
As in the past you must set this rig up on a heavy flipping stick, braided line and a speed bait-cast reel so you can quickly get rid of the slack and set the hook. Today's drop shot fisherman is finding this to be easier than traditional flipping and certainly something that our high-pressured bass haven't seen. So if your looking for some new ideas and ways to catch fish that everyone isn't using, try it you might find this very effective!