I've only waded once, just this last weekend at camp. I tried the stake beds in front of the north abutment campground. I got two nice ones on one of ScottV's jigs that was tied on a sickle hook. Both were hooked in the roof of the mouth and I pushed my pole behind me and lipped the fish because I also had no net. I can definatly see the addictive nature of this style of fishing.