It is very in often that I would use live bait. One of those times occurred pretty recently however, because a buddy of mine wanted to take his kids out for some pan fish action. Rather than try to teach 5 and 7 year olds how to fly fish, we opted for ultra-light tackle and some live bait—well, almost live bait.

We stumbled upon something that would take the place of live bait for us on this trip, and will take the place of live bait pretty much anytime I may need it in the future. [Read more…]