Hey Dave, actually those floats aren't turbomasters. They look like them from the top but they are made by a good freind up in Ontario. The are called "BC Supremes", I'll include a pic of them at the end of the post. Those are really the only floats I use cause, its good to help an independant guy like that out, and his shape is killer. They swim really nice in the water, and when you hold the float back fishing fast pockets and stuff, it won't ride to the right or left like some other floats will. For shot patterns, was nothing special used a bulk shotting pattern most of the time just to get the bait down quick but that was about it. Lofty, all I did was float fish the whole trip, it was fun fighting those fish with my center pin, got the majority of fish on the pink worms, we also got fish on bait, gooey bobs, and jensen eggs. Thanks for the positive feedback, about a month ago this trip seemed impossible and it somehow worked its self out. I've been tainted forever. I told my mom when she picked me up from the airport, I want to move out west asap. Gonna try my hardest to make that a reality.