Hard Current

[N.ShoreFisher]

bucktail jigs and tighten down the drag....I fish heavy current a lot. Water balsts the river mouth I fish. Sometimes need a 3 or 4 oz to keep on bottom, and when they hit, have that drag just below closed. Let the reel and rod do most of the work but def keep them up top. when they turn back into that current and start to dive, things can get pretty funky. I like to lead them right to my waiting bridge net that I have tied down and can kick in while fighting, so it's already in the water ready to go.

[rphud]

My 2 cents would be that the fly books talk in much more detail about presentation in current. Kenny Abrames foremost, Tabory and Mitchell and others as well. Check out some steelhead and other trout books too! Generally the fish are staged behind something that brakes the current for them and facing/looking upstream for something being washed their way within easy reach. That would be something cast directly upstream or being swung just in front of them across the current from a cast quartering upstream or there abouts. Want to start a real argument, debate which is more important with these guys: presentation or profile (don't even mention color if you know what is good for you). Fly fishing has made me a much better conventional fisherman! (not that is saying much, still much to learn and practice)