Hey folks!  I see this question crop up every now and then in various forms, 'How do I get confident in new lures or techniques?". Most people say, "Well just go out and fish it!" I have a different approach...

 

 

Good video. The only thing I'll add is that fishing a lake with very high numbers of fish, even if it's just full of dinks, is also helpful for gaining confidence.  And something I like to do is when I am first trying a new technique, is to start out out with a smaller version of it.  That way you will probably get more bites, so it tells you if you are doing something right faster.  An example would be swim baits, you will gain confidence much faster if you start out throwing a small 3 inch swimmbait when compared to an eight inch swim bait, cause the little one is going to get more bites.