This retrieve is used when fishing "Moving Water". Whether you are fishing a sweeping bend in a river, or the mouth of a canal/river where it dumps into a lake, simply cast the Wiggy upstream allowing it to sink to the bottom. The current action will "Walk-The-Wiggy" back towards your boat. The bow in the line will tighten and you will feel the Wiggy walking down stream. Bass strikes are difficult to detect because of the slack in the line, and only a tell-tale heaviness when lifting the rod, tells you to set the hook. A good "Line Watcher" will often see the strikes, as the line jumps when the Wiggy is first thumped.

This method works excellent when fishing underwater grasses. Pause the retrieve when you sense that the Wiggy is hung in the grass. Point the rod tip at the snag, reeling in all slack. With a powerful motion, sweep your rod back. The Wiggy will "Rip Free" from the grass & this is normally when the bass will reaction strike the bait. The wide, sharp, leading edge of the Wiggy's nose is designed to cut & shed vegetation. The wide nose, pushing thru the water, forces the vegetation to flow harmlessly away from the Wiggy's body and hooks. Ripping the Wiggy technique works excellent when fishing brittle vegitation like eel grass, peppergrass, hydrilla, or shrimp grass. Spongy grasses, like mill foil, or coon tail, are more troublesome, clinging to the trebles, even after a powerful rod sweep!!

The 3/8 oz. Wiggy is a slow sinker, falling one foot every 2 seconds, and is killer when worked "Rod-Tip-Up" over underwater grasses or cover, or around emergent cover like lilly pads, topped out grasses, or brush piles. The subtle slow darting action used in this retrieve will draw a strike from non-feeding bass on "Tough" days.

The 5/8 oz. Wiggy is a rapid sinker, falling 2 1/2 feet per second. It will "locate" bass as it feels its way to the bottom. It's the perfect lure for "Covering Water" on unfamiliar lakes. It becomes an extension of your finger tips, as it feeds back info, touching underwater grasses & cover, as it races to the bottom on each cast. Rick Clunn, 4-time BASS Classic champ, uses this technique when tournament pre-fishing!!

The Wiggy is but a single tool, that a fisherman carries to the lake on any given day, to help him catch a fish. It's my heart-felt feeling that the Wiggy is the most versitile lipless vibration bait on the fishing scene today, and if used as described in the above paragraphs, the Wiggy will always help you to fill your stringer. Personally, I never leave the dock without it.