daiwa 705 fly reel and rod Compact Travel Combo Kit Graphite blanks are tough for any salt water application. Tsunami Barrier II Spinning Combo

Its a little bit fishy, a little big buggy, and has a lot of motion in the water, so it can imitate leeches, crayfish, baitfish, or just something that looks tasty to your target

More Than Smallmouths Its worth noting that while weve focused on smallmouth bass, this is simply because they are the primary sportfish in many creeks that lend themselves to wading

Non-floating topwater lures are not bouyant, but climb to the waters surface upon retrieval

Some reels combine both systems for ultimate customization

Bass will start to feed heavily in preparation for the upcoming spawn

Wherever you get bit in one blowdown is where youre likely to get bit in the next one. If Scalish catches fish from the same part of two or three different blowdowns, that gives him enough confidence in that pattern to go straight to that zone for successive trees and not worry about other areas