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Without question, the spin man has the ideal gear to get down to big-fish level; his thread line sinks quickly behind his weighted lure, and once below the surface it offers little resistance to the water, as lure and line sweep down under the fast tunnel of water where most big fish are. The current and depth of a stream pretty well dictate how to fish moving water. When the cast is made across and beyond the swift current into the slow water, a few turns of the reel handle may be necessary to keep the lure in motion and off the bottom until the sweep of the current catches it. When it does, a very strong current may yank your lure across and sweep it downstream in a most unnatural manner and well above the bottom. What to do? As soon as the swift water hits the lure, strip off a yard or two of line, quickly, so that the lure can drop through the swift water to the bottom and work there along the much slower productive water. The amount of line you will feed out will depend upon the tug of the stream, the depth of the water, the weight of your line and the way your particular lure acts. The feel of your lure is perhaps your best tip-off. When it hangs in the current, a throbbing can usually be felt. With practice, the throbbing will telegraph the right tempo of your retrieve.
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