Introduction: Happy New Year to all our loyal readers! What a season last year was, full of lots of long distance driving, exciting industry events, a few quality fish and a whole lot of new tackle to talk about. Our "Creature Fever" put us face to face with more zany multi-appendage baits than ever before, and we were only able to get through half the list of baits and related rods designed for fishing creatures, so this year we are “going native,” getting back to fishing the bite, and focusing on a combination of all our previous themes. Anything goes in our pursuit for the fish and exploring all the new tackle available to anglers in the coming season.