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Originally Posted by BillM
Hey Guys tell me more about the needle. I retrieve it very slow but the back end sinks down. is it supposed to look like it's slowly feeding at the surface? is it supposed to create a wake or is it just for white water?
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You're fishing it right (at least for at night). A slow retrieve so it makes a wake or comes along just subsurface with a slow wobble is the norm. Use an occassional hesitation/small twitch. You can count it down and retrieve it deeper if nothing is taking up top, but usually you will have to speed up your retrieve some 1/2 way in to get it up above the bottom. The tail weight on a needle lets you cast it farther but more importantly it gives you depth control. Even though the tail sinks fast, it does so at an angle so as you start to retrieve the body acts like a planer to bring it back up. Different brand needles do this do different degrees so it is best to fool with them in daylight to learn what they'll do before using them at night.
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