lets see here, floatfishing, I would say I am pretty well versed in this field so I will pop off on this one. first of all for jig fishing normal winter steelhead conditions or summer conditions on larger rivers I like to use the wieghted styrofoam peg floats, the ones with the peg so you just slide it on your line, tie your jig on and set the depth with the peg. Kind of like snapping the line in a downrigger release.
For lower water or smaller streams you can not beat the round cork floats with a peg because they are very stealthy and simple to use.They also work great for blugills on my lake don't they osprey.
For fishing bait whether it is eggs or shrimp you use the dink float, that is what it was designed for, bait fishing, not jig fishing!
Peace Superfly