New lure revolutionizing bass fishing

By: Glynn Harris

My daddy got me started bass fishing
when I was just a kid. We would take
our old fishing rigs consisting of a steel
rod, level wind reel and spool of black
line to the lake or creek.
He would tie on one of the
few lures he had back then – a
Hawaiian Wiggler, River Runt
or Dalton Special and we would
give it a try.
Later, another lure captured
the interest of bass fishermen
when the plastic worm was introduced.
At first, these lures
were stiff and straight and featured
a couple of hooks imbedded in the
worm. These lures eventually gave way
to a soft and pliable plastic worm that
you rigged up Texas style with a bullet
weight tied on above a single hook
which was skewered onto the worm
with the point concealed in the plastic,
making the lure weedless.