oncloudnine,

I usually fish it with a small rolled piece of "Loon Outdoors-Deep Soft Weight", non-lead, non-toxic, about 12" to 18" up on the tippet. Roll the weight on in sort of a torpedo tapered shape and it seems to get caught on the bottom a mite less then if you use a small ball shape like a split shot. In slower water sometimes ride it as a dropper off an indicator.