The one thing I will always remember was from my grandfather. He was in a bass club for years in Macon Georgia. He told me there was a guy in his club that would either win or at least be in the top five in every tournament he fished for the three years he was in the club. Of course I had to ask what in the world he did. My grandfather said the guy had a small tackle box. In the tackle box were ten lures. Five, four inch silver Rapala minnows and five, four inch gold Rapala minnows. Thats all he ever used. I couldnt believe this. I even said I couldnt believe the guy would only throw these two lures. My grandfather said "so many new lures come out and so many people are always throwing the lures that they feel the fish havent seen. After a while the new lures that people feel the fish never see are the only lures the fish ever see". He then told me, dont ever forget about the lures that have always been good. Sometimes you will be the only person using them and also the only person ever catching fish. I still to this day always end up throwing a Rapala or a Rattle Trap just about every time I fish. I do try most of the new stuff, but these two seem to always catch something.
