Fellas, the rod doesn't matter. It's all in the technique:
First ya need a good strong hook, like the kind they sell for tuna fishin. Then ya add a couple of egg sacks, doesn't really matter what color cause we're just after the scent. But make it three or four of em. In fact, let's call these yer "cast indicator". Next ya want to really whip yer line out across the river. You'll know it's a good cast if yer cast indicators fly off an hit the guy on the other side. Don't worry, the scent's still there. Now here comes the tricky part. Ya need to give a bit of a wrist snap and jig yer scented hook horizontally across the river. An don't be a pansy about it, there's nothing that a king likes more than the scent of escapin eggs, they'll go nuts for em.
Good luck fellas, I heard the silvers are runnin.