Dave Lefebre's Pattern, Baits & Gear
Swimjig gear: 7'3" medium-heavy 13 Fishing Omen rod, 13 Fishing Concept casting reel (7.3:1 ratio), 65-pound Sufix 832 Advanced Superline braided line, 1/4-ounce Yamamoto with a 4/0 hook, unnamed craw-type trailer (black/blue).
Flipping gear: 7'11" medium-heavy 13 Fishing Muse Black rod, 13 Fishing Concept A casting reel (7.3:1 ratio), 20-pound Sufix Castable Invisiline 100% Fluorocarbon line, 1/2-ounce Terminator flipping jig (black/blue), unnamed chunk-type trailer (black/blue). His buzzbait was a 1/2-ounce Terminator model (black with a copper blade). The black and red frog, another Terminator product, was a prototype that will be introduced this summer at ICAST. "It's really good," he said.
Main factor: "I liked the fact that I didn't find anything else and I had to put all my marbles in that one basket."
Performance edge: "That flipping rod, which I helped to develop, was perfect for what I was doing. I don't think I lost a single fish while I was flipping."
