baitcast reel on pistol grip rod Zebco 33 Spincast and Fishing Combo, 5-Foot 6-Inch 2-Piece Fiberglass Rod with EVA Handle, Quickset Anti-Reverse Fishing Reel with Bite Alert, Silver Sports & Outdoors Lightweight design EVA foam grips Smooth ceramic line guidesNOTE Effectiveness of Short Single Handed

Tackle matching is one of those refinements I have been preaching for decades

The other type of swimbait I sometimes use is the large trout imitation

In the water it looks like a little bit of a lot of things, but like nothing in particular

On the one hand, the shift to graphite and boron in rod making material allowed for longer rods to be made in lighter weights

Largemouth Bass that fell for a 9" trout swimbait at Diamond Valley Lake, California Big bass caught on a trout swimbait courtesy of Performance Tackle - Crankbaits are pretty easy to fish

As such, George took the massive fish, which was basically unheard of in the 30s, down to his local office to have it weighed, measured, and eventually, put down in the record books