LAKERS AT THE GORGE ANY HELP?

[Tarponjim]

In calm water you can feel the ones that really bonk it, but you'll see it before you feel it, and therefore can set the hook a split-second sooner, and hook more fish. I'd say that over half the hits we get are visual-only though. When the line goes slack, most people don't feel that. When the rod tip just barely moves 1/64th of an inch, which is often, you can't feel that. The line touching the eyelets on the rod absorbs whatever shock is coming up the line. Also, if you're setting the hook on feel, you're late on every hook-set. You see it before you feel it. We're talking mili-seconds here, but that's the difference between hooking 7or 8 out of 10, or 1 out of 10. Believe me, I have nightmares every night about all the hits guys miss every day! If my customers could even hook half of the fish that hit our jigs, just half of them, we'd be turning this lake upside down. (Of course, many would not be hiring me if they were that good!) Take today, 2 for 10. Yesterday, 3 for 12. Saturday, O for a whole bunch! We should be slayin' 'em every day!!! Only the guys who have fished with me for many years, several times a year, can hook more than they miss. And they WATCH for their hits. They catch 'em when its freezing cold and they have gloves on, unable to feel anything.

Somebody ask Fishley about this one. He jigs up here as often as anyone and takes lots of guys with him. I bet he'd agree? See the hit or feel the hit?

Jim
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