It ain't as easy as it looks. That's the message from FLW pro Casey Martin about flinging the notorious umbrella rig, AKA the "Alabama Rig", on TVA lakes. "It can be really effective and catch fish ...

UNION HALL - Rex Smith must be crazy. Why else would this man, whom I consider a good friend, call me Tuesday afternoon to say he was catching the heck out of stripers at Smith Mountain Lake? "You ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency would like to clarify the existing regulation concerning all apparatus classified as umbrella rigs for fishing. TWRA is taking this proactive step in the best ...

It was during an autumn largemouth bass foray when I saw an angler break the law — the Illinois law, that is. I’d just caught my fourth bass of the session using a pre-rigged Carolina plastic worm.

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Paul Elias put the Alabama Rig in the bass fishing spotlight with a big tournament victory last October on Alabama's Lake Guntersville. Now everyone wants to cast the multi-hooked rig, but you'll have ...

The expert anglers at Milliken Fishing explain how umbrella rigs work to hook monster bass effectively.

Fishing micro umbrella rigs for monster crappie actually worked.

Make no mistake about it. Fishing with umbrella rigs, also called chandeliers, is not finesse fishing. There's no delicate presentation involved. No romancing the fish. No elegance. To do it correctly ...

Last fall, Paul Elias shook the bass fishing industry when he won the FLW Tour Open on Lake Guntersville using the Alabama rig. It has been quite some time since one lure — or maybe I should say five ...