| Have you seen all those different fancy
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| | tail worms drop straighter on the fall a
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| plastic worms they have
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| | straight tail worms glides from side to
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| now? I mean wow! They have ribbontail,
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| | side and drifts. A more erratic movement
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| grubs, curly tail, gator tail, and many
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| | for sure will usually produce more bass.
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| more, all designed to catch lunker bass.
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| | This is the worm to do just that, catch
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| Yet, there's one worm that continues to
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| | more bass!Many anglers will add a 1/4
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| do an amazing job and that no one should
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| | ounce sinker to their worms, a
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| be without....the straight tail worm.Why
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| | 1/8 or 3/16 ounce sinker will allow
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| the straight tail, there are many reasons
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| | better action. Again, there is always an
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| but here's just one good
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| | exception, on windy days or in deep water
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| reason....versatility. The straight tail
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| | a 1/4 ounce may be just the ticket you
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| worm won it's fame from early day anglers
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| | need to catch that lunker.Hooks need to
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| fishing it in timber filled lakes and
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| | be smaller too. 3/0 hooks should be the
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| reservoirs. It has more of an erratic
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| | biggest
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| fall they other worms and that attracts
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| | hooks you use in most cases. I
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| bass.The straight tail worm is great for
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| | personally use hooks from 1/0 to 3/0
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| finding pre-spawn bass, for
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| | depending on the size of the worm I'm
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| bedding bass and post spawn bass on
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| | using at the time. I also like wide gap
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| structure. It's a great lure to locate
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| | hooks instead of longer hooks than can
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| fish and to catch large numbers of bass,
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| | kill the action.The bite is a little
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| even though they may be a bit smaller
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| | different too, a lot more subtle.
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| than some lures produce.These worms had a
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| | Instead of getting the usual tap-tap-tap
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| revival, so to speak, in the last few
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| | you might see just line movement with no
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| years
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| | other indication whatsoever. Other times
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| thanks to the drop-shot techniques but
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| | it just feels like your line is caught on
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| they have always been one of my
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| | a small leaf and your dragging it through
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| favorites. When I moved to Florida years
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| | the water.If you don't have a selection
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| ago, I was using a straight tail worm and
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| | of straight tail worms in your
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| several of my angler friends were making
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| | arsenal of lures, you are missing some
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| fun of it. They told me I might catch
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| | good fishing. As Mikey
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| fish up North on that worm but not in
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| | says, "Try it you'll like it".Charles E.
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| Florida. It wasn't to long before they
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| | White has fished 50 years for bass from
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| had a different opinion, to say the
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| | California to Florida. In his lifetime,
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| least.There are places to use other worms
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| | it is estimated that he has caught over
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| too, like in muddy water,
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| | 6,000 bass. His biggest bass is a 12
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| fishing in hot weather or around heavy
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| | pound 14 ounce that hangs on his wall in
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| cover where vibrations are the key to
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| | his office. His tips and techniques have
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| attracting bass. While many anglers will
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| | helped many people who have never fished
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| tell you that using a straight tail worm
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| | for bass before become successful
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| in cold water in useless, that isn't
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| | anglers.
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| true. It is one of my favorite lures in
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| | He also has fished with the Pros in
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| late fall and early winter.While curly
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| | Florida.
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