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The action is a small pitch action that is set slightly tight so that it feels good in your hands, and is a chatterbait that allows you to quickly search from the surface to the bottom

A Texas rig is designed to protect the hook point until a fish bites, at which time, a strong hook set pulls the point through the plastic and into the fishs mouth

These are the fish that bend or break the cheap hooks, and usually right after you realize what a monster you have on

Jig heads and small plastics are more recent, and are just as effective

For example, if the water is 3-feet deep, place your indicator 4.5-feet (1.5 times the depth) above the fly on your leader