EZ-peazy Kerry........

The line counter made me a much better troller when targeting fish near the bottom. Lets say your trolling the 25ft contour line.......how do you determine on your spinning rod how much line to let out with your taildancer other than "oh, that seems about right"?

Capiche? On the flip side I let out 40 ft on my line counter and I bump bottom with my taildancer in 25 ft of water. Soon and very soon I understand that if I let out 35ft on the line counter my taildancer is running at 23ft because I am no longer clanging bottom. Now I know from now on how much line to let out and I can vary from there.........

Now the thought has occurred to me that I might get to fine.......that is I might be running a bit to close to the bottom and perhaps my lure is not so visible to fish who may be used to looking up........but the results have been good. AND much less hassle. No constant monitoring and readjusting of my line because I have let out to much. Set it and forget it.........I know EXACTLY how deep my lure is running (after some brief trial and error)........so when that bar comes up I know I'm in trouble and I need to take some line in........sweet and simple. Knowledge is power..........fishing has enough hassle involved, this makes life not only more effective but more relaxing because there is no guess work involved other than the initial determinations.