Matt Peters' Presents: Alabama Rig Supernova

This film is special.  Matt Peters is one of the swimbait gurus I hold in the highest regard.  This video featured on his site, Southern Swimbait, when the A-rig was first let out of the bag.  I followed his footsteps on this video, standing on the shoulders of giants, and began building my own, homebrew rigs.  First day out; my huge double, my many revelations, and my inspiration to launch this blog and my kayak fishing "career."  The rest, as they say, is history.......

The above video clip walks you thru the “Supernova” that hit the Tennessee River Valley while I was on Kentucky Lake, for the 2011  FLW Outdoors Everstart Championship.   My practice partner, Troy Anderson, won the tournament on the Co-Angler side.  I blew up a lower unit on Day 2 and forfeited a month of practice and preparation.   I stayed after the tournament (got the lower unit fixed under warranty, thank you Yamaha) to spend some time throwing and exploring the Alabama Rig.   The Supernova continues, and who knows where it will take us and the universe of fishing.   Stay tuned for more, and updates around the Big Hammer and Retriever Rig Partnership, as we eluded to in the video clip.
Here is the gear we feature in our video clip, The Alabama Rig Supernova:

3″ Big Hammer Swimbait Tails
Big Hammer Jig Heads
The Retriever Rig
Basstrix Paddle Tailed Tubes
G-Loomis 966 & 965 BBR
Shimano Curado 300
Shimano Calcutta 400 TE
Power Pro Braided Line  (80#)