Artistic Angling

Hello All, I'm trying to wrap my head around the effective difference between rigging a bait as a cast drop shot (Not vertically fishing what's on your graph) versus a split shot rig... I know how to rig them, but why would you choose one vs. the other? I guess each would have subtle action differences, and dropshot would help if you had to deadstick a bit, but otherwise I can't come up with a reason for one over the other, other than the standard " let the fish tell you". You'd likely use similar line, hooks (either can be a mosquito hook or worm hook), and even amount of weight depending on depth, wind, etc. Clemmy

I have a vintage 1980s " Fishing Lures" magazine ( from the Bassin')with an article that talks about it. Story was Ed Chambers, when Zoom was a small company, Made a batch of Amber that came out wrong for some reason, it was cloudy. At some point he had a tackle store ask him if he had anything "different", so he pawned of the mistake batch. A couple anglers won. Couple tourneys, and it got mentioned, creating a craze at the time, eventully making Zoom a national company. Pumpkin was the color, seed is the black flake. Not sure if it's true, but the article was done in conjunction with Ed Chambers, wih pics of the operation. Clemmy