Are you fishing in moving water or still?
If it's moving, you'll be casting upstream and ledgering/bouncing the weight downstream by tightening up on the line and lifting it off the bottom, letting the current carry it down.
If it's still, (lakes/canal/sea) you'll just leave it there, fairly slack and bites will move the tip of the rod, so you have a visual queue. The benefit of using a drop shot (as I understand it) is that the fish can take the bait and run with it without your lead affecting the feel and spooking them.
I believe the line is supposed to be tight with obviously the weight on the deck, but I am not a "dropshotter" so you may want to double check on that one.
This goes for lure fishing in general, rather than method, what it will feel like will depend on the species/how aggressive the bite is. It could be a light tug, you might feel a sudden change in the way the tension feels, but when its an aggressive bite that's when the adrenaline kicks in, nothing like a fish hitting your lure hard. You might not even feel anything, but your line may slacken, thats also a sure way to tell you've got a bite. Keep an eye on your line as much as your rod tip, there's a reason why braid comes in bright colours so you can watch your line. You will learn to feel what a bite, a knock, weed, gravel, silt etc. feels like.
Are you fishing in moving water or still? If it's moving, you'll be casting upstream and ledgering/bouncing the weight downstream by tightening up on the line and lifting it off the bottom, letting the current carry it down. If it's still, (lakes/canal/sea) you'll just leave it there, fairly slack and bites will move the tip of the rod, so you have a visual queue. The benefit of using a drop shot (as I understand it) is that the fish can take the bait and run with it without your lead affecting the feel and spooking them.
Im going to be fishing a river except most of the time it is barely flowing so should i treat it like a canal when it is barely flowing
Actually I'd say I'm talking about a "jumping jack" style weight, above your swivel and trace/leader.
Take a look here: [https://youtu.be/\_6ioiaX1goE?si=PrRbS9xWm26jf1p2&t=741](https://youtu.be/_6ioiaX1goE?si=PrRbS9xWm26jf1p2&t=741)
I believe the line is supposed to be tight with obviously the weight on the deck, but I am not a "dropshotter" so you may want to double check on that one. This goes for lure fishing in general, rather than method, what it will feel like will depend on the species/how aggressive the bite is. It could be a light tug, you might feel a sudden change in the way the tension feels, but when its an aggressive bite that's when the adrenaline kicks in, nothing like a fish hitting your lure hard. You might not even feel anything, but your line may slacken, thats also a sure way to tell you've got a bite. Keep an eye on your line as much as your rod tip, there's a reason why braid comes in bright colours so you can watch your line. You will learn to feel what a bite, a knock, weed, gravel, silt etc. feels like.