think just like your dipsy, deep lines to the inside so the outside lines pass over the inside line when fish is on and steered to the stern of the boat. I've used the shower ring, but with a alligator clip permanently attached to the ring. On the alligator I had rubber tubing to cover the teeth. Then just a simple open the alligator, insert the line and out the tow line it goes. Just be sure to get a quick hand on the rod when you get a hit and reel like crazy to take up the slack. If you have 3 rods per say and mounted on a tree the outside line is on top, if rods are mounted in line on the gunnel, the rod farthest to the front is the outside, then it is easy to simply pick up hit rod and lift over the rods to the inside of the fish on rod. I love big boards! Its not hard to run 3 lines per side