The first thing I do is grab the line and yard it in hand over hand.I have learned from bitter experience that the hook,weight and float will hang up in the rocks . Once the rig is on my side of the river in the shallows I start to pick out the line. This is where I curse,curse those big wide bars on the calcutta reels. Either the japs have very small fingers or never get backlashes.
If it isent out in five minutes I switch to anothe reel .If I get two backlashes in a morning I sit down ,curse some more ,have a drink and a smoke , and curse the calcuttas.