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[abelfisher]

As far a c-rigs go. I have tremendously improved my c-rig fishing by buying the most sensitive rod I could afford. I went out and bought a G-Loomis. Rigged correctly with weight, length of leader, I can feel every little bump, etc, that the c-rig travels. I believe the most important part of the c-Rig is a very sensitive rod! It has helped me alot.

I think that even more so than the rod, the line is important. I've switched over to power pro and it is a world of difference from mono. So much more sensitive. I also used PP steelhead fishing during one outing this year and could definitely feel the bottom as I was tumbling spawn downstream better with the PP than with mono.

Yeah, good point.  I use Yo-Zuri Hybrid (Thanks to Roadwarrior).  The water I fish is very clear and reluctant to use the braids.  YoZuri has worked well for me for the most part.  Obvioulsy with braids there is no stretch, hence the more sensitivity.  But again, I fish very clear waters.  (That's the good news and the Bad news) :-/

[Guest avid]

I'm glad to see that "walking the dog" was not really featured as a difficult technique to learn, because with modern topwaters it's actually pretty easy.  The c-rig can be tough but I don't enjoy fishing it so I'm not going to bother to improve.  The jig is a fabulous bait that can catch bass in a variety of condtions so it gets my vote.  I really love jig fishing, but i need to improve alot to get the most out of it.  I have the vertical presentation down pretty well, but I rarely catch anything swimming or hopping it, so thats the toughest for me.

[billybass]

The thing I need to really work on isn't necessarily fishing a particular bait, but backhand casting. I spent the entire past year learning the drop-shot and now have a lot of confidence in it. But I just started throwing the spinnerbait again with regularity and know and have known for a long time that to truly get all you can out of this bait you have to be able to cast backhand to get it to a lot of places. So I'm off to the backyard to start learn'n.

For those of you wanting to work on the C-rig..... If you think you're fishing it too slow, tie a piece of string around the rod handle and your wrist, then lay back and take a little nap. Most of the time people tend to work the C-rig bait too fast. Then again in the late spring time you might want to work it in quick darting movements to imitate a fleeing crawfish.

Aloha, Bill