Go buy Dave Vedders "Float fishing for Steelhead" It will list a number of techniques used for float fishing. Dave Vedder is an old hippie that smokes a lot of pinners and catches a lot of fish. fortunately for all of us he's also a board member. Lamiglass makes his signature series float rods which are awsome. I know a board member that lives in federal way is selling a 10-20 for a hundred and thirty bucks. I was going to buy it but couldn't make it over to him. check the classified adds. If you buy one new sportsmans warehouse and 3rivers will porbably be the cheapest.