Jumping Into Large Swimbaits Without Breaking the Bank

Jumping Into Large Swimbaits Without Breaking the Bank

My first experience throwing large swimbaits was years ago, not fishing for bass but monster pike in a world-renowned trout stream. A few months before a family trip to the Bighorn River in Fort Smith, Mont., my little brother had gifted me a 10-inch glide bait for Christmas. When we arrived at the river for a week of fly fishing, we learned from the local guides that some pike were kicking around a particular stretch, and the guides wanted them…