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Q Ask Gary Dobyns will be on hiatus for a few weeks. Once it's ready to roll again Gary will be featured in a new audio format with a text archive.
A In the mean time Gary would like you to forward all your fishing and boating questions to him. Submit your questions to askgary@westernbass.com. Q Gary, do you think the Phantom Chart Shad color will be expanded to any other baits in the future? I would like to see it in the 1.5 series.
A Thanks for the question, Rick. I honestly don't know. The color was a great hit this year. It is an awesome clear water subtle color. I will not forget Brian Ruthman giving us a whipping this year at Oroville in pretty stained water. It totally caught me by surprise, I never tied it on the whole event. Dang fish missed the playbook on that one. I fished a few days later and was SURPRISED how well they ate my "clear water" bait. Of course, my good buddy Brian never breathed a word about it until the event was over :( What rod company sponsors him? :)
I will check with LuckyCraft and see it they are adding the color to any other baits. I would not be surprised. It did well this year. By the way, it is my personal favorite. Thanks. Q I was recently listening to a podcast where they were speaking with Bub Tosh about punch skirts. After looking into this I was wondering why he uses 2 weight stops on the line instead of pegging the weight?
A Great question. I'm not sure if Bub was using one stopper weight above to "peg" and one below to keep the weight off his bait a little bit or two above the weight for better pegging. BOTH of these are used. With a stopper between your weight and your hook, it will help keep the weight off your bait, so it stays in place easier and protects your knot as well. I find bobber stoppers to be much easier to peg with. I use them all the time. I even use them on some smaller Carolina rigging. Fast and easy. Good luck fishing.
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