Too hot to handle in bass world

You will know that I inhabit planet bass. I'm not adverse jumping into my millennium falcon, doing a bit of space travel and visiting to planet spurdog, whiting, etc., but I'm most at home on planet bass. The bass world is fast changing with trends ending as quickly as they start. Take for instance lure rods. 'I wouldn't be seen dead without red'. Not any more as the rod colour of season 2014 will be yellow. Not that I will be trendy. I've never felt the need to enhance my man hood with cars, clothes, yellow rods or anything else.

So what's hot right now? Where is the bass lure casting world going? What is the next trend going to be? Well whilst we are talking colour it is not yellow but cotton candy. Yes rainbow coloured shallow runners will trend this summer. Those in the know will tell you that they have been on to them for a few seasons but the secret has been well kept until now. There are some particularly fine examples of the colour scheme made by IMA and Luckycraft. For the ultimate in bass lure porn try the ebay shop I Love Hard Bait. Hmm I know its a little concerning naming a lure store in such a fashion. But let your concerns rest easy because these American guys are good, cheap and for me thus far, reliable. In the UK www.basslures.co.uk have some lovely looking stock to drool over.

There is some sense in this candy colour as not one of us know how bass see. How does thick sea water refract light and what colours do bass pick up? I know this though, catch many bait fish species and as they come fresh out of the water they are iridescent of rainbow colours. Did you know that a freshly caught mackerel belly is pink!

The lure of 2014 will be the IMA hound series. Nothing particularly shocking in the way the things swim. Indeed I don't believe they have a better action than many others. No the reason why they will trend is because they cast. My oh my do they fly. It will take shore lure casting to the next level and if you haven't tried one yet I suggest you do. The Fake being the best of the lot.

And whilst on cast ability there is no equal to the DOT crawler. Its a softy with class. It will out fly most hard baits - yes really. If you fancy giving them a go this summer then don't get tempted to put action into them. No its rod up slightly, point at the lure and wind slow, dead slow. Odd at first but the moment you get a hit you will wonder why you have been doing what you have been doing up until now.

So there you are. We will check this out in the autumn and see how wrong (or possibly right) I have been.