[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-card-where-to-cast-a-spinner":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"applyCta":6,"authorId":9,"body":10,"cardType":78,"description":16,"difficulty":79,"discipline":80,"editorId":9,"extension":82,"glossaryRefs":83,"hook":93,"meta":94,"navigation":95,"path":96,"publishedAt":97,"readingSeconds":98,"regionTags":99,"relatedCards":100,"safetyDisclaimerRequired":104,"seo":105,"status":106,"stem":107,"track":108,"updatedAt":97,"version":109,"__hash__":110},"learn_cards\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fwhere-to-cast-a-spinner.md","Where to Cast a Spinner",{"label":7,"action":8},"Find a stream near you","open_planner",null,{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":74},"minimark",[13,17,20,42,45,71],[14,15,16],"p",{},"Fly anglers think about drift; spinning anglers think about retrieve angle. The same lies hold fish — but how you cover them is different. Where a fly drifts down through a seam, a spinner pulls across or up through it.",[14,18,19],{},"Two questions before you cast:",[21,22,23,31],"ul",{},[24,25,26,30],"li",{},[27,28,29],"strong",{},"What's the fish facing?"," All flowing-water fish face into the current. Cast so the lure swims up in front of the fish (the most natural angle), then pull it past from below (escaping-baitfish profile).",[24,32,33,36,37,41],{},[27,34,35],{},"What's the depth and speed?"," Match spinner weight (see ",[38,39,40],"em",{},"Choosing a Spinner",") to depth, and match retrieve speed to current. Fast water + heavy lure + slow retrieve = lure swims at depth; slow water + light lure + fast retrieve = lure stays near the surface.",[14,43,44],{},"Where to throw:",[21,46,47,53,59,65],{},[24,48,49,52],{},[27,50,51],{},"Pool tails"," — cast across the tail, retrieve up through the slack water on the far side. Big trout hold here in the morning.",[24,54,55,58],{},[27,56,57],{},"Seams below riffles"," — cast at the seam, retrieve along it. Fish stack on this transition.",[24,60,61,64],{},[27,62,63],{},"Bank lies"," — cast tight to undercut banks and structure. Even a few feet off changes everything.",[24,66,67,70],{},[27,68,69],{},"Mid-pool boulders"," — cast above the boulder so the lure swings past it on the retrieve.",[14,72,73],{},"A spinner catches fish in water where dead-drifted flies fail because the active retrieve covers more area faster.",{"title":75,"searchDepth":76,"depth":76,"links":77},"",2,[],"concept","2",[81],"spin","md",[84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92],"lie","structure","seam","current","pool","riffle","run","eddy","presentation","Reading water for hardware. Adapting the same lie-and-structure logic to lures that pull through the strike zone instead of drifting through it.",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fwhere-to-cast-a-spinner","2026-05-08","130",[],[101,102,103],"choosing-a-spinner","pools-runs-and-riffles","eddies-and-soft-spots",false,{"title":5,"description":16},"published","learn\u002Fcards\u002Fwhere-to-cast-a-spinner","reading-water","1","7YDu2sSftpnjt9Zu4gikm2MClVRel_8MO_BMD6xlml0"]