| Fishing with spinners and spoons offers as many lure | | | | Seldom utilized, but extremely deadly, is the jig. |
| choices as a fly fisherman has fly patterns to choose | | | | Representing fresh water shrimp, the jig should be |
| from. Basically, spinning lures can be divided into four | | | | allowed to bounce bottom, tumbling naturally |
| groups: spinners, spoons, plugs, and jigs. Every | | | | downstream of its own accord. Jigs can also be cast |
| fisherman has his favorites based on experience afield. | | | | or jigged vertically in lakes and ponds with very |
| Spinners can be fished at varying speeds, although a | | | | effective results if you keep it near the bottom. If you |
| slow retrieve speed, allowing the blade to merely | | | | have a wary fish that only 'flashes' at your spinner or |
| flutter, always accounts for a fair share of fish. As in | | | | spoon and won't take; try a jig. Invariably, you will take |
| all angling, you must know where the fish "lie" and | | | | this fish where other presentations fail. As a last resort, |
| make your cast to these areas. Using a spinner to | | | | try tipping the jig with a salmon egg, piece of worm or |
| "prospect" unknown waters can also reveal the haunts | | | | other natural bait. This provides the added benefit of |
| of whatever species you're pursuing. | | | | smell to your jig fishing arsenal. |
| There are many times when spinners won't take fish, | | | | Miniature minnow-shaped plugs like the Rapala Floating |
| and wobbling spoons appear to be the answer. The | | | | Minnow, resemble various forage fish and are used |
| spoon's overall surface and thickness will determine | | | | with excellent results primarily in the big lakes and |
| how fast it will sink. Choose heavier spoons during the | | | | ponds and in the vast expanses of some of our larger |
| early season when river waters are raging or when | | | | streams and rivers. For big fish in big waters, don't |
| you are lake fishing and want to sink them quickly. | | | | underrate the minnow imitation plug. They're available in |
| During the later season, lighter weight spoons produce | | | | both floating and sinking models and come in a wide |
| better, since they slowly flutter and settle under the | | | | variety of color patterns. As a rule of thumb, stick with |
| water. A great moving water technique is to cast a | | | | silver and gold for clear water and use the florescent |
| spoon into the head of a deep water run and retrieve | | | | colors for off-colored or dingy water. |
| it slowly into a pool. | | | | |