Quote Originally Posted by bigrod View Post
90% of the time you want to throw up current and bring the lure back to the boat with current.
i have always heard this,wonder why,i have fished small rivers and streams for years and i can't say i have ever saw minnows or any big fish swim with the current,they most always are going against it and using current breaks.here in the beech fork river i used to catch lots of crappie,ky's and even hybrids by throwing grubs in the middle of the river in the strong current and just letting it drift on tight line,when it would get paralell with with the bank i would bring it slowly back,stopping it and just letting the current work the grub tail,that's when they almost always hit.i would catch some in the middle if there was a log or root to break the current..i could never get a bait to work right throwing up river and bringing it down..