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going back in time.... while todays go-to is the needle, in the late 70's and 80's it was the gibbs bottle for me. Prior to that it was the rebel.
Funny I don't fish the bottle or rebel that much anymore..I love the plug but todays customs are more fun, in fact, as for the future...while I still fish needles a lot, I am moving away from them more and more. Fishing more swimming custom plugs. Needles offer castbility and a range of fishing options that few plugs do. I think it will be around for a long time. Last year my "go-to" was the big surf howdy (although fished like a needle) followed by a pike then 2.5 oz habs needle. Whatever seems to work finds its way to the top. After last spring, I found myself fishing the Salmo Fatso....with VMC hooks. I took several nice fish with that plug last year. Looks like a real fish, no lip but wobbles nicely and looks real! However, once the spring run was over it did not catch as well as the others.
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