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Right= natural, deep diving (clear, deep pools, ponds, and streams with moderate current) |
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Jigs with soft plastic bodies:
Left=Crayfish style bodies on 1/16 oz. jigheads (VERY DEADLY-retrieve by bouncing along the bottom with a sharp twitches); Right= Jighead and jig with grub tail body (open or deep water, steady retrieve) Note: keep 1/32oz-1/8oz jig heads for a variety of depths and current speeds |
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Conventional Spinners (in this case-Mepps Roostertails): Shallow water, narrow streams. Either retieve slow and steady or drift and twitch. Best for very small streams and very shallow shoals. |
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Feather Jigs:
Left: marabou jig (gravel and rock bottom-bounce off bottom); Center: Crappie Jig-deep water, twitch retrieve; Right=wooly work jig-gravel bottom, swift water-twitch retrieve |
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In-line spinners (Panther Martins here):
deeper pols and pockets, moderate to swift current-retrieve slow to moderate
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Spoons: Willow leaf style spoon (a
Krockodile here):
deep water, bounce off bottom (jerk-drop-jirk) |
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Topwater surface plug: (a Zara puppy
here)
Calm, pools and ponds, throw near logs, vegitation, and rock banks, twitch along the surface (twitch-wait-twitch) |
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Diving crankbaits: Left: Jointed floater-diver (Rebel)-moderate to slow water-retrive with slow retrieve; Right: Sinking-diving (Rapala) swift to moderate current-clear water-retrive slowly |
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Soft plastic worm:
a) place a #10 hook midway through the body, drift and twitch in swift current, b) rig with a jig head to hook through the tip, bounce along the bottom in slow current |
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Finesse/Twichbait (bass assassin)-slow to moderate current-twitch retrive |
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Nymphs: Drift through gravel bars,
shoals
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Dry flies/sub surface flies: Drift or slightly twitch (look for a hatch or for surface hitting fish) Left=wooly worm, middle addams and mosquito, right-dry) |
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Sub-surface fly-drift |
Streamers:
Retrieve with stripping action |
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Poppers: 'pop' on the surface in calm water |
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