The latest mag talks about the popularity of umbrellas rigs, mainly for largemouth bass.  Has anybody ever used them for stripers?  We troll about 50' - 100' deep for them in a local reservoir but have never used these.  Usually, we just troll cut plug sardines (like we used to do with herring for salmon in WA).  We do alright, but these umbrella rigs look pretty cool and I can see it attracting a school of stripers.  What lures would you consider rigging it up with?

Most umbrella rigs come pre rigged with shad bodies. Others you have to rig yourself. I have pre rigged and blank umbrellas that i've rigged myself. Go with what ever the Stripers are feeding on..that is your best best. White and chartrusse are good colors to start. Heres a tip for your trailer lure..use a parachute jig with the opposite color of your shad bodies. So if your rigging all white shad bodies, use a chartrusse trailer shad body on the parachute jig.

Sounds good. We're fishing a large reservoir tomorrow, but unfortunately I can't find anyplace around here that sells umbrella rigs. That being said, I'll have to rely on my usual fishing methods until the next time I'm in a BPS. Thanks.