chaparral fishing lures BIM Tackle Shallow Cruiser Bucktail Lure Castor Major The Shallow Cruiser head is cast in epoxy for optimal resistance to shocks and the sharp teeth of the pike REBEL FASTRAC JOINTED MINNOW Vintage

The jighead gets the minnow to the proper depth fast, and keeps the bait oriented horizontally, which is more natural

Lip hooked fish are much more likely to survive after release if you are not keeping them or want to let smaller fish, or trophies for that matter go

These smaller tributaries are narrower than the larger mainstream rivers, so the thick riparian canopy casts a favorable shadow on many of these streams

But it also has a good amount of flash from the blades and can be fished at various heights in the water column so you can burn one with double willow leaf blades just below the surface in the summer and slow roll one with double Colorado blades in the winter

While the rod color does not affect how well this rig catches fish, it is probably the most polarizing feature of this otherwise stellar combo

Whipping knot: You can make this knot by creating a loop with the thread around the rod blank and then by passing the tag end through the loop multiple times to form wraps around the rod blank