Buy herzog's book. I read it and immediately started having success with spoons. also fish with someone in the know whenever you can. Summer runs are super aggressive. If you get a spoon near them they will destroy it. You just haven't put a spoon right in the face of a summer run yet. Keep trying and ditch the spinning rod ASAP. My spoon rod is a 1084c Loomis IMX. It is a bit short at 9' but I love it.