Great technique......takes a while to get used to casting the long leader. Also, bites are few and far between. You may only get a few bites, if you're lucky, over the course of the entire day so make them count! If you find smallmouth stacked up on a ledge, probably a 1 in 30 chance when its this cold out, you're in for a fight. I usually try and go when there is enough wind to give the little jig some wave action so it looks like its swimming.