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This allowed me to make a cast and retrieve with one, and then pick up the competition and do the same

This is the prime late fall temp range as smallmouths will still be motivated to feed and able to strike artificial lures to some degree (IMO 44 to 48 is peak fall if you seek wintering / pre-wintering fish atop deep structures)

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Tomic Plugs in 4 to 6 catch Chinook in pretty much every corner of the Pacific Coast and Great Lakes

This is a combination of Gary Dobyns playing with new materials and customers asking for full handle casting rods and slightly faster actions

Each of the separate categories has characteristics that make them better for certain techniques