By Mike Pehanich – October 14, 2020
In part 1 of this series, Randall Tharp outlined his approach to hollow-bodied frog fishing. Here he details the fine points of his frogging tackle.
Fishing with a hollow-bodied frog captures every angler’s idea of fun and excitement. Unfortunately, it can epitomize angling frustration as well amid a flood of fruitless blow-ups, missed strikes, and lost fish.
While jittery nerves, bad luck and a bass’s knack for surprise and mayhem account for a good portion of that frustration, tackle misfits make up the greater – and most easily corrected – share.
“Our equipment is so good today, so dialed in with rods of lighter and faster materials, better lines, reels more powerful and with heavier drag systems,” Tharp says. “All that stuff has made frog fishing a more versatile way of catching fish than it was 10, 12 or 15 years ago.” READ MORE
