Dannicus wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 4:28 am
I mean since you asked lol
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BFS...BFS...BFS.
I just picked up the threadfin pattern myself. I'm psyched to see what Eurotackle is all about considering they made a big push to the BFS side and their offerings look good.
But, your picture and recommendation does bring up an interesting point.
Every time someone mentions "swimbaits" and "bass," they assume we're going to be talking about Roman Mades, or your other 'large' swimbaits, but forget that hard swimbaits come in all shapes and sizes.
Since the late 80s when I first started bass fishing, it was in small city ponds, where forage is small, and pressure is huge. And scaling down was the name of the game. BFS has always been around, especially in California, we just didn't have a name for it back then.
We just called it 'finesse fishing with a spinning rod.' When I first got access to a Calcutta TE50, I sourced a shallow spool for it in Japan, and began throwing 6 pound test on it.
BUT, now that I have access to individuals with bass boats, I feel that learning finesse fishing and relying on it pigeon holed me, as I refused to break out of that shell where I was constantly downsizing. The past 10 years, I've been using larger baits, and more power fishing techniques, and have seen that to be a good bass fisherman, you have to be able to do a lot of things.
Havasu is a great example. Last month, we caught fish flipping in the tules with 65# straight braid, caught fish drop shotting tiny worms on 5# test off points, and caught fish down at the FFS, focusing on the active fish that were on the man made structures. (We even got fish on the Tiny Klash.) That's why it continues to be my favorite fishery, as there are so many ways to attack the fish.
To steer the thread back on track, the Tiny Klash is another bait that I throw, because the smaller size gets me more bites. If you're looking for a specific color, you may have to do a bit of searching.