Canal Shoulder Bag

[East Tide]

One of the biggest mistakes I made when I started fishing the Canal was not having pre-tied leaders and eel rigs. If you have are into decent sized fish they usually can scrape up a leader pretty good and changing when they are nicked up is the difference between trophies or good fish stories. Not that 5 minutes is that big a deal, but 9 times out of 10 when the fish are passing through it's fast and furious and mistakes are easy to make when you're rushing to tie new leaders, ect...

I also carry a small file to sharpen hooks when I rig up. Couple strokes makes a big difference.

[lurch]

take the pretied leaders connect them together (if using fast links) and wrap them around an empty sppol of leader material. Then pull out as needed to get back into the action quickly.

Also bring a crank flashlight as a backup and never have to worry about batteries.

The bag I use is a Klein canvas utility bag to hold all of the jigs I need....works great and has been bullet-proof. Going on 5+ years using as a jig bag and 10 years before that it was hanging off of my bucket truck holding pole bolts....very durable bag.

[Chubby-Chaser]

SP Minnow
Sebile ghost stick shad
North Bar Bottle darter (MAK)
Yellow pencil popper
Left hook pencil (pogy)
SM Loaded Cordell (blue and silver)
Assorted tins
Weighted Treble (snagging bait)
Sharpie for the legends autograph
$17 for the access road special

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