These work very well

[Greasy B]

I am one of those guys who can't fish a WTD lure to save my life. I just don't have the rhythm for it I guess.

A lot of times it doesn't matter how you work it. The strike often happens as soon as the bait hits the water or after the first couple of tugs. Even having slack is no big deal because a delayed hook set allows the fish to turn. The flip side is when the fish seem to get hypnotized by the rhythmic back and forth motion and follow the bait to your rod tip. In that case I'm not sure if a perfect cadence is desired either. Everyone I have fished with does the walk a little different, sometimes it makes a difference often it doesn't.

[MOPanfisher]

Let tie on an original rapala minnow and twitch it so it dives 6 inches or so then floats back up and I am IN. I thi k is is a lack of rhythm, i cant even play an air guitar. Seriously i can't make a Zara spook walk. It's been years since I have tried,I might still have one I could throw just to see if I could walk it. I could sort of walk a smaller spook with spinning gear.

[Al Agnew]

Let tie on an original rapala minnow and twitch it so it dives 6 inches or so then floats back up and I am IN. I thi k is is a lack of rhythm, i cant even play an air guitar. Seriously i can't make a Zara spook walk. It's been years since I have tried,I might still have one I could throw just to see if I could walk it. I could sort of walk a smaller spook with spinning gear.

Wrist and slack. You have to snap your wrist. It's not a tug, it's a snapping motion. Then there has to be a bit of slack when you make the next snap. Hardest thing is to get it started zig zagging, because you need that bit of slack line when you make the first snapping twitch.

I have so much muscle memory with that motion that it's difficult for me to use a prop bait like a Devil's Horse these days. The snap and slack line is NOT what you want with a prop bait, especially one with a prop on the front end, because the slack line will quickly get tangled around the front prop. And the snap doesn't move the bait far enough to really make the prop work.

[Gavin]

Work to a beat is good way to look a it. No takers pick a different tune. Mono not flouro. Loop knot our install a small oval split ring.would do duke of earl in double time if you want it fast and splashy though. Pretty slow song.

[Mitch f]

For me the toughest part of the whole process, is the fact that your two hands are moving at a different cadence. Articulating the wrist back and forth is the easy part. The tough part is having your other hand on the reel and reeling it in at the right speed. It's kind of like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time with at two different speeds. They biggest key for me is to make sure you're moving the rod tip by your wrist and not your whole arm, that way your wrist is the pivot point and has no lateral movement. Actually after watching Al, my technique improved greatly.

[Smalliebigs]

Wow I just love it when gurus like Al and Mitch start giving killer info and advice especially on a specific technique....stuff like that makes this forum pretty darn cool IMO

[moguy1973]

I think that walking a Spook is much harder than walking, say, a Sammy or Sexy Dawg. Some of the WTD lures practically walk themselves with a few jerks of the rod.

It does take some coordination in figuring out how to reel and jerk at the right pace in order to take up the right amount of slack.

[Mitch f]

I think that walking a Spook is much harder than walking, say, a Sammy or Sexy Dawg. Some of the WTD lures practically walk themselves with a few jerks of the rod.

It does take some coordination in figuring out how to reel and jerk at the right pace in order to take up the right amount of slack.

I really can't stand to use a Sammy anymore, too much bobbing, I really like the sexy dogs and others, like the popper/walker combos

[joeD]

1. It is easier to walk the dog in one vessel as opposed to the other.

2. Sitting high in a seat or standing up gives one more leverage (for lack of a better term) and one is able to keep the rod down and work the lure with less body stress.

3. Sitting low in a canoe with someone in front of you, presents more difficult casting and lure retrieve problems. Kayaks, the same.

4. Counterintuitively, it is easier to walk a bigger lure than a smaller one. One has to make more wrist and rod movements with a smaller lure, where a bigger lures have a bigger reaction per rod twitch.

5. But, one can throw a smaller lure a longer period of time with less fatigue than a bigger lure.

6. I sound like Tim McCarver now, describing the obvious in a baseball game.

7. Anyway, pick up your canines poop after walking.

[Mitch f]

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1. It is easier to walk the dog in one vessel as opposed to the other.

2. Sitting high in a seat or standing up gives one more leverage (for lack of a better term) and one is able to keep the rod down and work the lure with less body stress.

3. Sitting low in a canoe with someone in front of you, presents more difficult casting and lure retrieve problems. Kayaks, the same.

4. Counterintuitively, it is easier to walk a bigger lure than a smaller one. One has to make more wrist and rod movements with a smaller lure, where a bigger lures have a bigger reaction per rod twitch.

5. But, one can throw a smaller lure a longer period of time with less fatigue than a bigger lure.

6. I sound like Tim McCarver now, describing the obvious in a baseball game.

7. Anyway, pick up your canines poop after walking.

No.6 You had to mention McCarver, I was having such a good night!!

You aren't that bad......

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