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Howdy Scott, welcome from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Yes, please share more details. Pictures aren't a bad thing either. Here's one I got in the spring that weighed 3lb14oz, it sure made my day!

I improve by practicing... a lot. I often will set up a target in the yard and cast to it for a few minutes several times a day. I have a certain old spinnerbait that I use for the occasion. I practice everything, flipping, shooting, pitching, overhand, sidearm, circle. I don't practice it all at once, but whatever I want to work on at the moment.

I have been thinking about pliers lately. This seemed to fith best in tackle because pliers are used for removing hooks. I actually found a pair of cheapo needle nosed pliers today when bank fishing a local pond. I find myself looking at some of the fishing specific pliers from Bass Pro, and I have had an eye on the Umpqua River Grip scissors like NDyakangler uses. I wonder if they would be more useful than the Leatherman tool I normally use. I carry an original PST tool all the time, and I wouldn't leave it behind if I also carried something else fishing specific, which makes me think perhaps another pair would just be dead weight except for when I'm on the boat. It's a pain to dig the Leatherman out of my pocket when I am on my boat, but bank fishing, it's not much of an issue. What does everyone else use?

That is pretty sweet, thanks for sharing.

Interesting. I am not a pro, but I do practice for accuracy, both when fishing and in the yard. When I'm on, I am pretty good. When I'm tired or irritated, less good for sure.

I'm going to try drop shot on the heavily pressured lake I frequent, just to break things up. I'll probably start with a Zoom Fat Albert Grub as that has worked well for me on both texas and split shot rigs

Thanks for this discussion. I'm going to try drop shot for the first time soon. Horizontal from the bank. It may not be magic but it will break up the routine and might be something they haven't seen. I picked up a few good tricks here, thanks all for sharing.

Being a primarily bank fisherman, I don't use them a lot in summer. Though I will occasionally.

I fish a pond with moss like that... and nothing goes very far in it for me.

Nice, thanks for sharing. I fish the bank most often, and I carry 2-3 rods most often. I've been using a small tackle bag that I sling over my head, but I'm thinking about a backpack so thanks for sharing.

Sorry to hear it. But I am glad that insurance is doing right for you.

I discovered them and have used the heck out of the 1/0 2/0 and 3/0 ever since. In my estimation, they are very serviceable and decent hooks. Not as good as a premium hook of course, but I've had 0 problems with them. I had to cut one once, and it's hard as dagnabit. Some folks think fishing a plastic worm is boring. And here we are talking about the weights.

Yeah, I'm not going truly finesse, but I can cast as light as a weightless Zoom Finesse worm with the rig. The fiberglass zebco rod loads the tip well. I used to throw a lunkerhunt pocket frog and a zoom lizard when the combo was together, with 10lb Big Game line. It was right at the limit. Changing to the Zebco rod and then to 8lb line, I am right where I need to be. I put on a 1/4oz Beetle spin the other day and it was like throwing a brick.

I searched for them, thank you. Whats the best way to purchase them? I didn't find a website. Didn't find a phone number. Found them on ebay though.

That's exactly how I'd be using them if I had a stash!

It looks like it was rattlesnake lures. I found a few sparce pictures online of their 4" worm. You can see the salt in the bag. Thanks everyone.

Nope, not ribbed so deeply. The worm I linked is almost exactly right as far as body shape and rib size. Nosir, not that, but that's a fine looking worm, what variety is that? I did use that brand back then. I'll have to search some and see if I can find what they used to have.

Thank you for your input. It's not the worm pictured, as the body is too finely ribbed.

I appreciate the help all. I'm sure it was not a Zoom U-tail, it is too large and the tail is not the right shape. This worm matches the shape of the body best I remember. It's possible it might have been a 5" worm with the tail extended. But it certainly was a small worm and not a 6"er. The colors I remember were purple body and hot pink/redish tail, watermelon flake. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Dry_Creek_5_Ripple_Tail_Worms_20pk/descpage-DCRT.html

I like Berkely Power Worms in watermelon. Zoom finesse and trick worms in watermelon red, white, green pumpkin. All rigged weightless or split shot rigged. Might try a light Carolina rig with a floating worm or lizard worked slow. Colors I would use would be natural: black, white, smoke, watermelon, pumpkin varients. I wouldn't use chartreuse tails. Try soft split rings for a quieter crankbait. Spit'n Image worked slow, with a twitch every 1-2 seconds for topwater.

Twenty years ago I had some 4" worms. I think they were Zoom brand, but I ain't sure now, I remember one thing, they were very salty, with salt chunks on the outside of the worms. They were a ribbon tail worm, thin, about the diameter of a pencil, and had ribs along the body. The tail, when extended was about the same length as the body. Does this ring a bell to anyone? Might as well ask, what 4" curly/ribbontail worms does everyone like?

Thanks for sharing. I like the Black Max reel on a Zebco rod I have, it makes a nice rig for casting lighter stuff. The Black Max rod, for me at least, serves for a medium/lightish all purpose rod. I can cast 1/4 ounce lures well with it.

I look for things of interest... not to me, but that would be interesting to the bass. Bass like a change, any change. Change in current, depth, or wind, from cover to open, or a lone rock. Any change gets a few casts. If I see bass taking off the surface, yes, I cast to them, and occasionally they respond positively. I have seen bass come out of the water when feeding. I've also seen a bass jump halfway up a log to snag a bug. My buddy has seen a bass take a bat that was skimming the water. Now where did I leave my bat lure? I don't use electronics, I don't have any. I'd use them if I had a boat so suited and had some... probably. I do like being able to fish a smaller body of water and be successful without electronics. For a larger body of water, finding open water structure, I could see them being my best friend.

Thanks for sharing. I haven't tried that model. I use a Black Max rod and reel. I use them separately though with another reel on the rod, and another rod under the reel.

Congratulations. What model reel did you replace?