Hanna Robbins and Jennifer Combs with a cooler full of crappie from Lake Sam Rayburn

The Outdoor Gear We Recommend

We may have a little bit of a hoarding problem. Good gear need not be expensive, but it has to improve the experience in some way. Whether it’s the right rod, a certain bait, or the world’s best rainsuit, we’ll give unfiltered opinions on what we use and why we use it.


No tackle shop on earth provides more specialized gear for bass than Tackle Warehouse. If you want it, they've got it in stock — whether it's a proven winner or the newest items on the market — and their service is exceptional.

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Tej is Back on the Airbrush

After a brief hiatus in which life (and time on the water) seemed to repeatedly get in the way, our friend Tej Sawhney is taking on a limited number of custom paint jobs again. It’s something that’ll help him pass the brutal Pennsylvania winter, when he depends on the kindness of others to get him out on their jet boats to chase big smallmouths.

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The Painter’s Studio: Tej

If you travel to fish, you may learn ahead of time about certain baits that outproduce others on particular waters, or certain colors that are better than the rest. Sometimes that’s a crock, but other times it can mean the difference between incredible success and abject failure.

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