Bait and tackle are also important
1974 Fiberglass fly rod, 80, 4.64 oz., for HCH line, Harnell blank, metal screwlock seat. 1975 Fiberglass spinning rod, 70, 4.19 oz., Sila-Flex blank, BSP 70L, 2 -band. Built for Fred Pew of Birmingham, MI
## Spotted Bass Distribution They are fairly distributed throughout the lower and Central Mississippi River Basin and Ohio basin
I can catch them on a wacky rig, a Texas-rigged worm and sometimes a frog, but a Chatterbait is the only thing I can keep in my hand and get them to bite on the bank, or out there in 3-4 feet of water
The rod absorbs the majority of the running and thrashing that a steelhead does, instead of just the line by itself, due to the fact the leader line is much lighter than the main line (steelhead fishing is for another blog)