I use a hybrid system. I put bobber stops on either side of the float. This way if I snag up and my mainline knot snaps I don't lose my float. If I want to fish a fixed float I simply "sandwich" the float between the two bobber stops.

I probably have it in slider mode 90% of the time though.
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