I like having these bucktails ready to hand out when I meet fellow enthusiasts and discover theyre still using those odious barbed treble hooks
It was commissioned by Mustad, I believe, and printed by The Pittman Press of Bath, in Great Britain, in 1977
But trout will also change their habits once they get truly big
They've now performed through a rain storm and a few cold fall mornings with zero problems
I noticed more bites when using finesse techniques, such as drop shots and Ned rigs, with this reel
Here goes: A 10-foot stiff fiberglass conventional rod, a Penn Beachmaster, 30-pound-test linen line, a shock leader, and a 2-ounce metal lure made of lead and tin that I rubbed with sand to make it shiny