It all depends on the size of river you are fishing. My #1 river technique is sardine wrapped K-15 Kwikfish in the silver with the chartreuse head. Next would be herring and then a Jumbo shrimp and spin-n-glo. As for line size you'll be in a boat and smaller rivers 10-12lb test and bigger rivers 12-20lb test, directly correlated to water temp. and color. Where are you going?

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