Barking Up the Right Tree for Peacock Bass
I have thousands upon thousands of lures, some of them composed of all sorts of space age resins and substances like titanium and tungsten. At the same time, I have a lot invested in “basic” balsa. Those boys in East Tennessee and the Ohio River region know that sometimes natural is best, especially when the green trout are finicky. Therefore, I shouldn’t have been surprised when under tough conditions on the Rio Negro our guide fashioned a bait out of natural substances that outproduced the (expensive) store-bought products.
Marzo, wherever you are, I hope you’re doing well.
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