Wow that's surprising, schooling reds are usually a gimmie because they get so competitive and are making so much noise themselves that they typicall don't spook off of whatever you throw at them, I'm always throwing a fly into them, but I put a lot of people on schooling reds with spinning tackle and it's usually an instant eat. One thing that I think is important, when you see a school try to feed a specific fish, pick one out, lead it and make sure the bait just about hits him on the nose as it passes him. When the water is shallow their sight window is very small and it has to be right in front of him. I view it like shooting at ducks, if a big flight comes by, you don't just point at the group and shoot, you pick out one bird to shoot at, same with schooling reds.
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