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Originally Posted by numbskull
Take what darters you own (the bigger the better) to a shallow sandy beach near low tide (it helps if you have a rock or jetty to stand on so you see better) during daylight and wear polarized glasses. No current, 4 feet or water is ideal.
Now cast each one out and find one that you can work slowly, as slow OR SLOWER than a needle. Twitch to get the nose down, take three sloooow cranks, stop and twitch/shake, pause, then repeat. When you find one that looks like a fish or squid struggling along the surface, gaining 12-18" of depth, then losing it and coming back to the surface.........put the other darters away, take that one and try fishing it that way somewhere shallow at night (even better if there is tiny bait around). It will get hit when it is paused and the fish will be big.
The idea that darters are meant to be cranked against current keeps you from using them where and in a way that they work best.
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Thanks for that explanation, I am asuming that is why the maple works so good, as it returns back to the surface much slower than other woods do, thus able to work it slower, I have been building a bunch of darters w/ different woods & also weighting some, even triple weighted some ayc to match the weight of maple, they swim great but float to the surface so much faster.