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	Name:	Mountain Man -
	Subject:	Stripers
	Date:	12/7/2011 9:34:21 AM

Umbrella rigs can work but come with some real limitations. The biggest drawback is that you have no way of really knowing how deep they are running. Speed, distance back and the baits you attach to them will all change the running depth. That represents allot of variable to try and compensate for. If you aren't fishing for stripers at the correct depth, you're pretty much wasting your time and if you don't know how deep the rig is running.... Also, when you do hook up, you have to fight both the fish and the umbrella rig on the retreive. That takes most of the fun out of it. Lastly, when you get the cost of the rig itself plus all of the baits (5-7-9) that you can load on to it, an umbrella rig gets pretty expensive. And if you don't know where it is in the water, it's easy to lose on a snag.

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