MASTERS SERIES
IN EVERY CRAFT , THERE IS A MASTER : AN ARTIST , PLAYER OR PERFORMER OF CONSUMMATE SKILL WHOSE WORK SERVES AS A MODEL OR IDEAL …
As told by Lloyd Pickett Jr .
PHOTOS BY ROB MATSUURA
the carolina rig
I started getting serious about bass fishing in the late 1980s . I was fishing a lot of jigs and Texas rigs – and having pretty good success – when Bill Price and my father-in-law , Preston Davis , began my education on the Carolina rig . It appealed to me right away because I was getting a lot of bites on it .
I consider it a finesse technique because the bait is separated from the weight and acts a lot more naturally than a Texas rig or jig that might just sink into the mud . To me , the Carolina rig was and is the ultimate finesse tool . I can fish it at any depth . I can fish it fast or slow . I can use it to throw baits of any size , and it catches big bass .
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