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In this episode we highlight an increasingly poplular technique called center-pinning.

"To use a centre-pin, one casts to a slightly upstream position and then follows the float downstream while the water current (because of hydraulic pressure against the float) pays out line directly off the reel. Occasionally, it may be necessary to slightly brake, feather, or apply slight resistance to the spool rim to slow a drift down. This feathering of the spool results in your float “trotting” through the swim. Ideally, you are aiming for the offering to be the very first thing that the prey sees. And you want to slow the offering to subsurface current speeds so that it is presented as natural as possible.

When the float goes down, thrusts upward, or tilts side to side it is time to set the hook. If the depth of the offering is correct, these float movements are a direct result of a fish strike. When in doubt set the hook!"

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