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In the absence of birds, should you see what seems to be a tiny shower of spray in the distance, close to the surface, close with it. It may well be the frantic leaping of a vast school of bait fish trying desperately to escape the slashing game fish underneath. If they are mackerel, run your boat slowly around the school and cast your lure into it. The mackerel will strike your streamer fly with such ferocity that they will imbed the hook beyond the bard and promptly bore down, ripping off line at an alarming rate. As with reading any water, the important thing is this: Keep your eyes open and your mind working. 4. TROPHY FISH LANDING SPECIMEN FISH The best spinning comes now, making those belly-sagging lunkers say, Uncle! Don't wait for one of those heavy fish to swing on and take the line sizzling off your spool before planning how to fight him; the time to prepare for the exciting occasion is right now while you're still calm, cool, and fairly well collected. With fine spinning tackle, the odds may seem to favor the big fish. Well, perhaps, if you haven't rehearsed your situations and discarded a lot of moth-eaten ideas on big-fish handling. If it's any help, remember that any accomplished dry-fly man isn't worth the salt in his beer if he cant handle a 5-pound rainbow on a 1X leader, and 1X is 1 -pound test which is lighter than any spinning line made. Besides, the dry-fly man hasn't a slip-drag clutch to neutralize his errors.
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