A mixed bag of retrieval tricks takes your streamer fishing to the next level. One of the techniques in your streamer fishing that’s really effective at all times of the year is fishing the pause.
Check the local stream gauge and you will find most of our Central VA streams are low and clear. This happens almost every year. Fishing in low/clear water will change how we often think of bass. Typically, people describe them as ravenous, stupid predators that inhale anything that falls near them - even if it’s tied on an anchor rope.