I don't pick up garbage every time I fish. And sometimes I do.... Does that make me a half azz fisherman? Sollies method of sliding weight is called low impact for a reason. The pickerel rig hardware you are "beefing up" is damaging to the fish. They can tangle in it and when it breaks off it still catches fish! Every time I go to legends I drag at least a half dozen of these rigs off the bottom and sometimes with dead/dying fish still attached. Even a few of them I think were your beefed up rigs. When I loose gear the weight and hardware falls off the line and has no potential to harm fish. Worst thing on it is a single barbless hook and a length of line... Not a deathtrap on the bottom of the river.
