You’re behind a secret door where we keep the eNewsletter exclusives, and here is your new video on river fishing, from the Head River Rat himself, Dan Gapen!

Gapen and longtime fishing partner “Bobber Anne” have spent the past six years looking into something they discovered by accident while testing a new lure called the Spin Bee. What they are teaching us will change the way you fish rivers.

In a nutshell, they discovered significant “zones,” well away from shore, almost devoid of current, even in stretches of river with no apparent upstream obstruction or other feature that would explain things.

It’s a big deal, and Dan and Anne kept it to themselves until they felt confident describing it. Backed up by years of underwater video footage clearly showing big fish holding effortlessly in places you wouldn’t think they could.

You can read all about it in a three-part series that starts in the January, 2016 issue of MidWest Outdoors magazine, but we also want to share some insights you’ll only find here in the eNewsletter… especially this video, with Gapen describing a presentation wrinkle that goes against everything he’s been teaching his entire life.

Read the magazine for the big picture, and keep this presentation tip tucked in your hat, because it’s not common knowledge… own the river in 2016!