Category: Technique History

The North Woods Library

Posted by Bill Sonnett | Sep 27, 2026 | Old Bass Magazines, Sunday Sonnett, Technique History |

In today’s Sunday Sonnett, “The North Woods Library,” Bill talks about smallmouth bass feeding on dragonflies, The North Woods Library, and

The Alabama Rig – Who Invented It?

Posted by Terry Battisti | Sep 23, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Technique History |

The Alabama Rig ® would bring to the forefront of bass fishing a ton of controversy both on the water and in the courts – some of which has been settled and a lot of which hasn’t.

Flipjacking Walker Cline Style

Posted by Terry Battisti | Aug 3, 2026 | Historic Bass Fishing Pics, Technique History |

In today’s post, Flipjacking, we look at the old cane pole technique that was the basis of the flipping technique to come out in the 1970s.

Advanced Bait Casting by Charles Fox

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jul 21, 2026 | Book Reviews, Tackle History, Technique History |

What I found within the thick, rough-cut pages was information on how to catch bass I thought was only as new as Jason Lucas’ writings from the late 40s on or even from the 60s or 70s.

The Whole Flippin’ Story

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jun 26, 2026 | Tackle History, Technique History |

Staring at me was an original 1976-era The Whole Flippin’ Story. I dropped everything else, sat back in my chair and read every word in it. The I compared it to the version printed in the American Bass Fisherman (ABF) magazine I had.

The Alexandria Drafting Company

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jun 17, 2026 | Short Strikes, Technique History |

Yesterday we featured the book Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers – the first major treatise on structure fishing. This week we delve into a smaller publication on the subject, published by the Alexandria Drafting Company, called Bass Structure Fishing.

There He Is

Posted by Terry Battisti | May 27, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Book Reviews, Technique History |

Cobb describes Dance as being, “one of those 10-percent guys.” In other words, one of the 10-percent of the angler population who catches 90-percent of the fish.

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