i have pulled plugs for about 8 years and and have found that the lower the rod tip is to the water the better they work. when someone says the rods should be parrell they mean that the rod should run almost flat out the front of the boat. if you put your rods in the holders aiming up it causes the line to want to pull your plugs up and away from the bottom. you can put your rods to low and that defeats the rod absorbing the violent strike and usually means a lost fish. i like to have my rods just a little higher than straight out. this way i can see the action of the plug on my rod tip, which is extremely important. as far as running rods at an angle to the side i almost never do that. i like my rods running straight forward and side by side. i want the fish to see one plug and if he moves to have another one right in his face. i fish the smaller to medium sized rivers with defined runs. another trick i learned is to place markers on my line to make sure both plugs are at the same distance from the boat. well i hope this helps

[This message has been edited by tyeeterror (edited 06-28-2000).]