Batter Up ! The swing is easy to describe. During the drift, while casting weapons or Erie Dearies. Depending on how your boat drifts doesnt really matter, its the direction you cast the lure. Cast perpendicular to the wind is one way to say it. Charter boats drift sideways so I cast parallel with the boat. If I am standing on the bow, I cast 30-50 ft straight off the nose in front of the boat. Lure hits the water, then you start your count to get to your depth. I always close the bail when the lure hits the water. Now as the boat drifts along, keep slack out of your line but dont reel much. Say you count to "ten", then start reeling slow. As you reel and the boat drifts along, your lure starts to come around towards the back of the drift or follow the boat. The lure picks up speed as it is coming around or " Swinging" around the follow the boat. The 12 o'clock to 9 o'clock movement of the lure is classically know as the Swing. During the swing most strikes or bites come at the 45 degree point when it changes speed. Once the swinging part is over and the lure is following the boat, reel up and cast again. The key is the count or sink rate and how fast you reel up. This starts mid May thru most of the year.