For the first time since 2009, I attended a Bassmaster Classic and was not in a boat blogging during fishing hours. With the rise of LIVE, there’s not as much need for it, but fortunately the folks at B.A.S.S. still see value in the written word. I’m appreciative that they trusted me enough to set me free to write about things I wanted to investigate. That led to a morning analysis and evening analysis each day, but also some human interest stories.
In case you missed any or all of them, here are links:
Thanks for reading.


For many of us, the Improved Clinch Knot was the first one we learned. Some of us still use it. It may not test stronger than some other, but it’s remarkably easy to tie correctly. You can improve your chances of landing big fish to the boat with the Double Clinch Knot.