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As always, the trusty rubber worm, as well as a Senko, will always produce quality fish however jigs and other flipping and pitching baits are providing big bites, try a swim jig or a flipping jig tipped with a blue/black craw imitating trailer

A lot of casting reels dont have very smooth drag, so I tend to use my own thumb as some semblance of a manual drag system when a fish dives deep right at the boat

However, fly fishers also tend to be gear addicts and its easy to convince ourselves that we have to have every fly and gadget in the book in order to be prepared for every contingency

While we are with the Lowrance Elite Ti2 as the top choice toward the top of this price range, those on a tight budget have some excellent options, including the Lowrance Hook Reveal and the Humminbird Helix 7.