Brian can tell you about throwing the iron at Cachuma }> I tried it myself once a few years ago. Didn't seem quite right and I certainly didn't get any lovin. If they were really snappin you might get one on it. But really the fish are looking for trouts and the iron is only a passing reseblance.

You are on the right track I think, and you are right about confidence. I think when you read the reports it's easy to think that you can just go out and chuck a plug and catch a big one. I know for me personally there are a lot of times when I go for quite a while without catching a wood fish. When I first tried to catch bass on trouts I had one lure. A 7" AC Plug. I took it and threw it for 6 or 7 trips before I got bit. It actually suprised the heck out of me when I finally did get a bite on it. So don't get discouraged by a few skunk trips. Keep throwing and you'll get bit. And then you can spend the rest of your life trying to get them to bite it more often, just like me :-)

Take it easy,

-Rob