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In clear still waters, not unlike on slow-moving spring creeks, an insect imitation has to sink and rise like a natural and sit or struggle naturally in the meniscus if emerging

On Smith Lake, I was working the bait as fast as possible and getting some vicious strikes

Conventional Medium- I alternate between two relatively new outfits for this category, one being a Shimano SpeedMaster 8II (18 pounds of maximum drag) two-speed lever drag, married to a 6-foot Shimano Trevala rod with a fast tip and heavy action, rated for 40- to 80-pound braid

This particular line would be made to float, making it a weight forward, floating line that would be labeled as WF-X-F where X is the line size that matches up to the anglers fly rod weight