My Most Reliable Lures and Flies

1. Rubber worm rigged Texas style with no weight - Many bass have fallen to this rig. The main draw is the agonizingly slow fall. You can swim it, twitch it like a jerkbait or go dead slow across the bottom.

2. #10 Black Gnat - Bluegills, Rock Bass, and Crappie all love this little standby. In the right situations it will work for trout and bass as well.

3. Daredevle Spoon - Great for Northern Pike, it also works well for White Bass, Crappie, Trout, Walleye and occasionally Smallmouths.

4. Mepps Black Fury - Smallmouth, streams and Black Furies defined my early teen years in Illinois. They can sometimes also take Trout, although in much smaller sizes. Bass prefer them dressed. Trout like them undressed. Naughty little Trout!

5. 1/8 oz chartreuse curly tail jig - Saugeye bait extraordinaire! It's also effective for Largemouth and Smallmouth in the same waters.

6. Mini Trap - My shallow water friend for Black Bass when the water is stained.

7. H&H spinnerbait - In deeper, clear water, this is one bait that can't be beat, especially in the Blue/Chartreuse skirt. Plus, they take up very little room in the tacklebox, their double hook is an almost Can't Miss proposition and they are pretty doggone cheap!

8. Muddler Minnow - A great all around streamer! It can be fished dry to imitate a hopper or moth, crawled across the bottom to imitate a sculpin or crawfish, or swim it to imitate a minnow.

9. Mepps Minnow Spin Size 0 - Superb for Trout, and Panfish.

10. 1/64 oz jig under a bobber - A killer for Crappies, Bluegills and occasionally Trout.