It seems that the last few yrs, most fishing below the creek were drifting, above the creek pretty much demands a float and that's what you saw. Now it seems the either the float fishers are moving down or the drift fishers are converting.
I now take two rods to match whatever the rest are doing.
I prefer drifting and two rods are kind of a pain but Reiter isn't the place to dictate a preference.
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