Yeah a soft rod is good for doubling over for a cool photo when hooked into a fish but the lack of backbone would have the Pollack and other species i target laughing all the way back into the reefs and rocks from where they came
Still, more than three decades later, Im using the same patterns and techniques Joe taught me
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Traditionally it was fished with a pop-up, but instead of the counter balance weight (usually a shot) being on the hook link below the hook as normal, it was squeezed onto the hair just below the pop-up, to create a balanced hookbait
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