daiwa certate reels LT CERTLTG2500D-H Spinning Reel reached with the monocoque body Daiwa CERTATESWG6000-XH Certate SW Spinning

Bill Lewis ATV 1.5: Colors: Red Glitter Craw, Fire Truck Craw Rapala OG Rocco: Colors: Red Crawdad, Classic Craw, Chartreuse Black Spro Little John: Colors: Blood Craw, Fire Craw TACTICAL RIGS

As fun as prototyping and testing lures on captive fish sounds, the best part of the job is field testing

My go to top water spinning plugs are the Docs in either the 9 and 7 - Yozuri surface cruisers and hydro pencils and squids are a close second. There are literally dozens of surface lure brands and styles, and frankly, they all work at certain times .But a select few have proven to be a great topwater lures that consistently draws strikes from stripers both big and small in a variety of fishing scenarios. Indeed, the strikes generated by striped bass topwater lures are awesome

Male knurling (left) and female knurling (right) Simon Shimomura side plates Simon Shimomura is author of three books on collectible Ambassadeur reels and is considered an expert and historian of Ambassadeur