Technique History Archives - Bass Fishing Archives

Rods and Reels 1945

In Rods and Reels 1945, we continue our journey back to the World War II era rods and reels and the difficulty obtaining gear during the time

Billy Westmorland is the GOAT of smallmouth bass fishing. His book, Them Ol’ Brown Fish, talks of his life and his bass catching tactics.

In today’s Friday Finale, Chet Palomar’s Knot, we look back at the inventor of the Palomar Knot and who invented it.

Kevin VanDam is one of the most successful anglers of all time. In KVD’s Secrets of a Champion, he presents the tips that made him successful.

In Kneeling and Reeling Bill Adcock, we look into the history of the technique used to get crankbaits deeper and the man who started it all.

In today’s post, Wacky Rig or Twinking, we look at possibly the first public display of what would become known as the Wacky Rig.

Ron Shearer Skips to Wins looks back at the origin of the skipping technique first popularized by pro angler Ron Shearer in the early 1980s