Aaron,

great topic. Depending on the type of water your fishing (high or low) will determine the weight or non weighting of your streamer. On high water we use large articulated streamers with dumbell eyes on the front. On lower water I usually scale down the size of my fly and wrap it with lead wire and on dead low water I don't weight the fly at all.

We can get crazy with techniques and strategies but that would take to much typing .....