With bait finesse systems, it's possible to fish lures as light as an eighth of an ounce with the speed and accuracy of baitcasting rods and reels. Courtesy Z-Man I face a conundrum when sight fishing ...

When I first started fishing in the 1980s, baitcasting reels were mysterious and a little bit daunting. The old-timers told us tales of monstrous “bird’s nests” and “backlashes,” which they euphemized ...