On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:30:59 EST, RichZ wrote:

Bob wrote:
I'm kickingback int he living room
watching Gary fish with Bill Dance on Lake Powell, and Bill was carrying on

Uhm... Bill's the one with the Tennesee hat on. That was Roland fishing with
Gary H.

The Kut-Tail has been around for years. It's not really a paddle tail at
all. The tail is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the typical twisty tail on a worm.

http://yamamoto.baits.com/order/images/7L-10.gif

It has a nice, subtle action at slow speeds.

There's an alternate to the "official" explanation of the worm's origin, that
suggests that the originals were defects that the plastic didn't fill all the
way around the tail in the mold. Gary used the rejects himself, and liked
them so much they changed the mold so the tail would always pour that way.
But who knows? That story could be just cabin-fever story telling. Either
way, the worm works great, and the subtle action can be mimicked by trimming
back the tail on any worm with a twisty type tail. I've also done it with
grubs in the winter.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

I used the cut tail last season with a whole lot of success. The one
thing I would add to Rich's description is that I noticed the cut tail
was heavy salted like a senko and in fact, falls like a senko. I
think part of the appeal was the horizontal fall with the tail
waggling. I fish it weightless on a spinning rod with 10 lb. Stren.

Richard g
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