FOOL’S TOOLS

NOTHING CATCHES THE MOST FISH EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.

BY JEFF JOHNSTON

When school let out for summer, Shane’s cousin Kurt invited him to his family’s dairy farm in New York, with the promise of lots of good fishing after the daily chores were done. Shane quickly talked his parents into letting him go, and a couple weeks later he was in Kurt’s room, organizing his gear in preparation for an afternoon on the water. “I brought Rat-L-Traps, buzzbaits, deep-diving cranks and a whole slew of plastic worms,” said Shane. “I’d probably leave the buzzbaits and those anaconda-sized worms at home,” Kurt suggested, chuckling a little as he looked over Shane’s tackle. “Do you have any eighth-ounce white jigs or Rooster Tails?” “I don’t have anything that small,” said Shane. “I just can’t imagine a bass—even a Northern bass—not devouring a 10-inch purple PowerWorm when…

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