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If you let your lure or bait hit the water without any frictional force from your thumb, you are likely getting closer to a backlash

A line alarm, often called a bait clicker, is a feature that lets fish pull line while making an audible clicking sound

FFS Optimization means you have precision casting followed by quick fall rates that get to the fish fast while the flat bottom design allows the angler to stop the fall and create as much chaos as they choose all while keeping the bait in the strike zone longer

The smallmouths attack baits so hard at night that they usually set the hooks themselves, James informed me

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