Joe Haubenreich wrote:
Any other mistakes that I left off?


Fishing it too slowly. (You already said too fast)
Fishing it at too steady a speed. Varying the speed too much.

IOW, what's a mistake on Saturday might be just the ticket on Wednesday.
Some days they want it slow and steady, other days, sputtering and
uneven with some really fast burst mixed in.



carlos wrote:

when everybody is tossing buzzbaits,
throw a Pomme Special.

Gurgling a Pomme along the edge of a reed bed. O, SON did I used to
catch 'em that way up at the St. Lawrence! I'll gurgle most any single
that's heavy enough to feel right doing it, but it was with the real
thing -- a Pomme -- that I learned the technique. Thanks Carlos. That
brought back some gooood memories!