there was a video on making slip floats super balanced they used a styrofoam one that had the wire going thru it and a round strip of lead at the base. long story, bend out the wire, remove weight , cut the float in half and cut hole to put the weight dead center, glue the halves back togethrer and re string the wire. i learned slip bobbering from the best at shabbona, the only way to fish the cribs here and the deep trees