heavy rod; but you could throw this on a spinning rod with light weights. You want some backbone and a little tip. i would suggest as long of a rod as you’re comfortable with for casting; but don’t let the rod limit you. like i said, you can throw this one on a spinning rod.”
SWImBAITS
While tosh commented that any brand of swimbait could prove successful on an umbrella rig, he began throwing his rig with Fish arrow swimbaits. “i wanted to use something different that everyone else wasn’t,” he stated. at this point he is using a prototype swimbait that he is developing with Yamamoto. While many of the details of the new swimbait could not be divulged, he did say it had a uniquely shaped body SNAG RESISTANT • 100% LEAD FREE and incorporated the salt content and special plastic that Yamamoto is known for. as for color, he said he would throw bluegill colors if he saw them around the grass or docks that he was near; but probably 90 percent of the time, he would have on a shad color plastic. “i will • Unique ability to swimbaits; slide and glide over rocks and and other mix and match i will change the size weight more than i will change color usually,” he underwater obstructions explained.
• Incredible finesse and great sensitivity
GO THROW
• Includes a barrel swivel to prevent line twisting tosh’s first tip for fishin’ an umbrella rig was go
throw it. You cannot learn it or improve with it if you • Gives anglers the it. capability to was fish his in environments are not throwin’ “Breathe,” next word of advice. “it is exciting and you can get really focused that were previously inaccessible on so many details of catching an umbrella rig fish; just breath and keep #1 your head.” • Tournament winners fishing sinker of choice Suggestions from tosh for first-timers was to start small. “tie on an 1/8-oz swimbait head, a • Perfect balance between buoyancy and submersion 3- to 4-inch plastic and go to your favorite area,” encouraged the Paycheck Baits pro. • Weights available in: a little confidence, he When you have suggested getting creative. “Use it to catch fish • 1/8 oz you would • 3/16 not oz normally catch,” said tosh. “Use this to catch • 1/4 oz a big one. Get out of the box; but remember you’re fishing a bait fish rig, so you want • 3/8 oz to be around the bait. Most importantly remember 1/2 isn’t oz a magic bait you still have to be a that • this
fisherman and go out and find them. This is just another For tool to get them to go.” visit more information
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