yea you got it right, but you dont need to pause it and wait, just cast it out and reel really slow, they will hit it harder than you thought a blue gill could. i use a 32 oz bullet weight, a small swivel, about a foot and a half to 2' of leader and a small #10 hook. This rig will work all year but it is deadly for sight fishing beds. i started using it this year and fell in love. it is hard to use in the weeds thou the crickets like to pull of kinda easy when they get stuck on the weeds. most of the time i throw a fly, but when that wind picks up the gills wont rise as far up in the water to feed, thats when the carolina rigged cricket comes in.