We launched our boat that chilly December morning and motored straight across the Chesapeake Bay to the Bridge-Tunnel, just off Virginia’s Eastern Shore. My dad and I spent the day chucking white 1 ...

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I’ve had this old deer tail floating around since I was a kid. It was from my first buck, a half-rack I shot with my Pop-Pop’s 30-30 sitting next to him behind an old field stone wall. Pop mounted the ...

Bucktail jigs are effective offerings for many species throughout the fall season. By varying the weight of the jighead one can ply shallow and deeper areas. “Bucktails are very natural looking,” said ...

Of all the qualities that make the striped bass one of the country’s premier game fish—including its tremendous strength, its regal purple sheen and stately black stripes, and its ability to grow to ...

What Makes a Bucktail Jig So Effective for Catching Bass and Walleye? Simplistic in design but lethal in execution, the bucktail jig works magic when fished amongst weeds in the fall. Comprised of a ...

After the original Mister Twister came onto the market, I did not tie a bucktail jig for a couple of years. Then I ran out of bucktail jigs and realized that they had not been replaced by soft plastic ...