Northwest Reel Life July 2024 Volume 3 Issue 9 - Flipbook - Page 30
fall by lowering your rod.
Before the lure hits the
bottom, raise the rod’s tip
enough to bring the lure
up, and do your best to
keep the weight in place.
Watching this will give you
an idea of what will likely be
happening when you are
not able to see the bait with
your own eyes. Visualizing
what the bait is doing when
I can’t see it helps me to
focus on what I am trying
to do, and that is catching
fish.
THE STRIKE OR HIT
This can vary depending
on the activity level of the
fish, the quality of your set
up to a certain extent, and
the line you are using. More
sensitive rods do a better
job of transmitting what
is going on to you. I have
had the blessing of drop
shotting with my Berkley
Cherrywood Rod, which is
decent and not too shabby,
but comparing it to my
Lamiglas Certified Pro
Drop Shot rod is something
else. Here is my analogy. If
the Cherrywood provides
stereo sound to me while
watching a DVD movie,
the Lamiglas gives me the
sound in THX, for the full
cinema experience. The
latter rod is not necessary
to enjoy drop shotting, but
it makes it a lot easier to
feel and detect the subtle
strikes.
The line you use also can
influence the feel of the
strike. My experience
working with both mono
and fluorocarbon is that
the latter always seemed
to give me a better picture.
We all know now that
although FC line can
have as much or more
stretch than a comparable
monofilament line, it is
likely that its density still
enables it to beautifully
transmit information from
the end of our line, to the
rod and to our hands. The
hit or strike can feel like: