Bob La Londe wrote:
I think drop shotting as it is done now is the result of refinement over
time. Bassin' magazine from 1998 and earlier talks about different varients
of the "Yankee Rig" which is almost identical in some setups. They also
indicate it is a fresh water application of a known and established
sal****er fishing rig.


The first time I went fishing targeting bass specifically, an old friend
was showing me the ropes. This was in the mid '70s. He showed me how to
rig a "drop shot", and that was what we caught them on all day. Only he
called it a "tight line" rig.