First Time on Crooked Creek

[tjm]

I don't know much about bass, but it is my belief that in a stream less than ~8'-10' deep, most of the time it doesn't matter if the bait is creeping across the bottom or floundering on the surface, the noise and motion will attract some of the fish, often SMB,     and they will take either, if  in a taking mood. I often let the light conditions influence my choice between jig and gurgler.  Other times I just go by my mood,  and it's been rare that I've gotten skunked even when my choice of fly was pure whim. 

I would like to know how you all get those linesides in the deep holes to hit? are they strictly nocturnal?