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The first thing I did was change out the worm for a crawstyle bait to get that crawdad look . I was practicing for a tournament on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia and caught four 4-pound bass on consecutive casts . I haven ’ t put it down since . There ’ s just nothing like it for covering water and catching numbers of quality fish .
That swing head jig eventually became the Gene Larew Biffle HardHead . It ’ s made in five weights from 3 / 16 to 1 ounce . About 80 percent of my fishing is done with that HardHead and a soft plastic bait I designed for Gene Larew called the “ Biffle Bug .” When you rig the Biffle Bug on the HardHead and start working it through cover , it looks like a crawdad trying to get away from a bass . I call it “ Buggin ’.” It ’ s an amazing combination that catches largemouths , smallmouths and spots from coast to coast and border to
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