TAKEOFF
TECHNIQUES
THE GREG SHAKE
GREG GUTIERREZ’S TAKE ON THE NATE SHAKE FINESSE TECHNIQUE
By Curtis Niedermier
C
alifornia pro Greg Gutierrez didn’t create the Nate
Shake technique. That distinction goes to Western pro
Nate Lemons, who devised the tactic of snapping a
finesse worm through the middle of the water column to tar-
get suspended bass.
Once he saw the technique in play and how effective it
was, however, Gutierrez put his own twist on it, designed his
own tackle for it and learned how to apply it to