13 fishing reel brake BILLINGS Baitcasting Reel,Baitcaster with 13+1 Stainless-Steel Ball Bearings,Magnetic System, Super Smooth 18LBs Max Drag,7.1:1 High-Speed Gear Ratio,for Freshwater (Left Hand) : Sports & Outdoors More time in the strike zone simply leads to more fish and this capability is also especially useful when marking fish with electronics and needing to adjust quickly Adjusting Brake Weights and Tension

Understand a Fishing Hooks Anatomy Fishing hooks have seven parts: the eye, gap, throat, shank, bend, point, and barb

The Reel

When smallmouths are shallower, downsizing your head to a 1/16- or 1/8-ounce ball- or minnow-shaped head allows you to probe skinny water

Octopus Hook These are one of my favorite hooks, they have a short shank with a slightly lower section wider gap than the average bait hook or J-hook

Once again, its important here to pick a color that matches the hatch

Again casting into the wind the line looped around the third ring by the time I removed the wrap the lure settled down and got caught up and had lost lure