I have tried and told myself to stick with fishing a jig. It'll catch more BIG fish than any other presentation. My problem is I learned to bass fish with and love to use a crank bait....so I assosiate my presentation speed with that. Now I know you can swim a jig, but they are mainly made to drag and bounce. My issues, and my question is I can't hardly feel the bottom or get a feel for the contours of the bottom of the lake with a jig. I use decent 6.6 med heavy rods, and I can't feel when I have it on the bottom or when I am just holding it above. Are jigs made to more or less just watch the line jump or keep the line tight and feel the thump. I read that more people catch good fish deep.....and I know deep is relative to the body of water, but my problem is I fish Dale Hollow alot and deep there is 20+ ft down. When I get to where line stops sinking, I cant feel anything when I lift the line and lower it again....AND it seems that when I cast most of the line swings to below the boat and I almost have a vertical presentation...>HUFFF< and so I then just turn to the crank....lol (no not the white powder) I am sure I am not the only fisherman that turns to the comfortable presentation they are used to when trying something new JUST ISN'T WORKING. So....(breath) How do you more successfull fisherman present the bait? What cadence do you use. How do you feel the bait make contact with deep water bottoms? At what point do you say, WELL they just aren't wanting a JIG today...I'll try something different. Questions, questions, questions.....ALRIGHT...ready, set, GO!