Charlie Brewer convinced me to reel the jigs slow & steady (Charlie & I both wrote for the original Fishing Facts mag when he started expounding on "do-nothing" fishing, and I got to correspond with him, do shows, etc -a very dedicated,genuine guy!). But some of that steady retreiving involved reeling slower & slower,so the jig took an angled glide toward bottom ,while still moving forward. Recently with my own shank propeller jig ( Boolie), slow & steady works well, but a sudden stop & Straight down dive (little propeller still spins well) produces aggressive takes on tough days. Likewise, a straight UP retreive on dam faces or beside piers often yields nice bass!