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Colorado blades in cooler and stained water, willow leaf when its clear and warm

LENGTH: 5-feet, 6-inches POWER: Ultralight ACTION: Fast LINE WEIGHT: 1 to 6 pound test LURE WEIGHT: 1/32 to 1/4 ounces PIECES: 2 Best Multi-Species UL Rod QUANTUM BILL DANCE SPECIAL-EDITION SPINNING ROD SERIES Remember when I mentioned that catching powerful fish on super light gear is a blast

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I prefer to use size 4 hooks, simply because it holds my bait better and is small enough to hook fish successfully

That being said I've caught plenty of smallies in August though mostly in the 2 pound range using a wacky rig (with weight to stress your point.) That being said, the biggest smallies I've caught, 5 and 6 pounds, were trolling with diving jerks in August and early September and in surprisingly shallow waters