i bought 8 oz strap weights and cut them in half. so i had twice as many 4 oz weights when i was done. most of my hunting is done in marshes. the dekes never drift away, there is enough vegatation on the bottom to hold them in place. 3 feet of available decoy cord per deke is plenty. i use tanglefree and crimps. any more than 3 feet takes too long to unwrap from the keel (but all mine are texas rigged).