Way cool, RoyL.
Smallmouth are awesome fighters - I accidently hook them down in reservior near my house and some are pretty decent sized. No where as FAT as that porker. Love how acrobatic the SMB are.
I would catch some in rivers while trout fishing and use to think I had gotten mother of all trout only to find out it was just a med sized SMB...... LOL.
I'm going to try using rod like that. My daughter has a Barbie rod and I have a Sandy (friend of Sponge Bob's) outfit as well.