saluda

thanks fellas i'm headin back out this weekend after this storm system passes i'll update ya'll on my luck

I've always been a bit of a fisherman since but never serious angling and now that the summers here i've really gotten serious about fishing but i'm having some trouble. I go to the nearby saluda river in SC to fish for bass but i can't ever seem to even get a nibble! I'm in slower parts of the river with appropriate depth and i look for cover to fish near but i can't seem to find the bass or they just aren't interested. Could it be where i'm looking or maybe my lure? maybe i'm not selling the bait but i've found myself stuck and figured you guys could help. I have gone to the same mile stretch of river for the past week every morning and some in the afternoon because i don't have a boat so i have to wade out to good spots. The water is somewhat clear and very cold as it comes from the bottom of the lake thanks to the dam and i've been using an orange jig with a crawdad trailer and the occasional top water frog but so far no hits, although i've seen some bass on some occassions. I know they're there and i'm so close to catching them, but maybe i'm missing one final small detail. HELP. i love fishing but i want that awesome feeling of having a fish and and angling it in.