OK it has got the better of me and I have to put forth my unusual perception of why the speed issue may help to induce a strike from an otherwise uncoperative fish. From numerous hours spent watching fish both in their natural enviroment and ones in tanks, I have often noticed how they will approach a lure or bait as if intent on making a meal of it and then stop just short of the presented item, as if deciphering whether the item is moving like it should be or if it is merely a insignificant intrusion into its comfort zone. Sometimes referred to as prey imaging, it makes sense to me that if the fish isnt in a feeding or agressive mood, and it has time to digest the appearance / action of an item that is not 100% natural, then its more inclined to ignore the offering – However if the offering is moving at a more rapid pace, than perhaps the fish do not have time to really debate about an item as their target distance / speed / success rate function of their brain may overide an otherwise cautious fishes instincts. Sort of like its now or never, no time to debate on it kind of scenario, just like we accept an invitation from mates to just drop everything and go for a fish as oppossed to doing the chores around the home, had most of us been giving the time in advance to think about it, than perhaps we would have declined knowing that to abandon the chores generally results in repercussions from the resident Grumpy fish back at the home snag.

Yeah I think about stuff way too much but thats life.

Steve

Mick