My experience has been that regardless of chosen gear the technique of using a slow to nearly stationary presentation is Rule #1 to getting silvers to bite in freshwater. Once they hit the freshH20 they are'nt feeding to gain energy. But they still have an inherent predatory response that causes them to want to bite certain colors, shapes and movement types of potential prey item...in this case our chosen lure. They also have a very strong territorial response that really becomes intense upon entry into the fresh...this what you see when fishing spinners, spoons and plugs. This type of behavior occurs where fresh fish have just entered a holding area and are sorting out there stations according to individual degrees of dominance. This also occurs when a group of fish are stirred up by a hooked fish, noisy boats passing overhead, or other disturbances. Just being packed together may cause agression. So whatever gear you choose you want to fish it in their face as much as possible. Unlike steelhead driftfishing you want your gear to literaly drag down river. As for choice of lure ...there are just to many choices...we all have our favorites and some work better than others in certain rivers, portions of those rivers and different river conditions. Have fun and be prepared to use any/all of the techs posted on this subject. Pack a little of each with you. They're all winners.

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