Bob La Londe wrote:
I think drop shotting as it is done now is the result of refinement over
time. Bassin' magazine from 1998 and earlier talks about different varients
of the "Yankee Rig" which is almost identical in some setups. They also
indicate it is a fresh water application of a known and established
sal****er fishing rig.


I wrote about the "inverted split shot rig" in Fishing Facts, Bassin and
In-Fisherman in the 80s and early 90s. In those days we always put a
short (3" or so_ leader between the main line and the hook, but it was
essentially the same rig fished in exactly the same situtations. If you
look at the DS article on my site, I even include a diagram from and old
Fishing Facts article. It's
http://www.richz.com/fishing/articles/dropshot.html