Gives you some flex to control smaller spinners but retains plenty of backbone to set the hook with authority. Best for ¼- to ⅜-oz. Denali Attax Casting Rod – 7-foot, Medium Heavy A mid-priced model ...

There are times when a unique tactic simply comes to you by accident like one did for Marty Stone a few years ago. Compact spinnerbaits will attract attention in stained, shallow strike zones. During ...

The typical bass boat running the lakes of Alabama these days has somewhere around 30 rods tucked into the rod boxes, judging by an informal count I've been keeping the last couple of years. Everybody ...

Irecently was spooling new line on my light jigging rod, crankbait trolling rod, spinnerbait rod, slip-bobber rod and was finishing up my jigworm rod, when I began wondering: Do I really need all ...

From a stay at the luxurious Sage fly fishing resort, to choosing the best spinnerbait for bass, to a bass lure review that wasn’t at all what we thought, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated ...

I was spooling new line onto some of my rods and reels the other day. That’s a ritual for many anglers at the beginning of a fishing season. After putting new line on my light jigging rod, my ...