I almost exclusively fish creeks in middle TN with most good holes between 4 and 8 ft deep. I carry 2 rods with me every time no matter what a TRD is always tied on a 6ft light weight spinning rod either the 1/10 or 1/15 ounce zman jig head with a one of the zman plastics just depending on what the smallies want that day. The other rod is a 7ft med casting rod with a spinner bait, 6-8 inch fluke style bait, or my favorite is a white Whopper plopper. The plopper almost always gets me my biggest fish of the day and the TRD pads the numbers with some good sizes thrown in as well. The Whopper plopper regularly catches 17 inch plus smallmouth every trip throughout the day. I was very hesitant at first but stick with it.
