The Tackle I Use These are the tackles I use for Crappie Fishing 11' BnM Sam Heaton Super Sensitive Jig Poles with Pflueger President XT 6920B reels for jigging. 11' BnM Sam Heaton Super Sensitive Jig Poles Pflueger President XT 6920B reels 10' BnM Buck's Graphite Jig Poles with Pflueger President XT 6925B reels for Slip-float fishing. 10' BnM Buck's Graphite Jig Poles Pflueger President XT 6925B reels Thill 1/2" Pencil Style Slip Floats and Bobber Stops Thill 1/2" Pencil Style Slip Floats Thill Bobber Stops On my slip-float rigs I use #6 Eagle Claw Light Wire Aberdeen Cricket Hooks and size #3/0 and#7 Water Gremlin Round Split-Shot, available from most tackle stores.I use 8-pound Berkley Trilene XT for my slip-float rigs and 6-pound Ande Envy for jigging.