Having found plenty of fish in practice and with a wealth of knowledge about the fishery, Duckett settled on two primary patterns on his way to winning the 37th Bassmaster Classic. The first included flipping Berkley® PowerBait® Chigger Craws at shallow fish; when the fish went deeper, he slowly jigged lipless crankbaits near the bottom in deeper water. In both cases, his Abu Garcia REVO proved invaluable.

³I caught an 8-pound, 2-ounce monster on the first day and the 6-pound, 9-ouncer that won the Classic for me both by flipping that Chigger Craw around mats. I knew I had to have a couple of big bites every day if I was going to win,² Duckett said. ³With the REVO, I was able to make flip after flip after flip and the reel was accurate, lightweight, comfortable and easy to hold. Once I hooked these big fish, the REVO was plenty tough enough to drag them out of some pretty thick cover.

³I also caught some good fish by fishing a crankbait really slow on the bottom, almost like a jig. It was picking up a lot of trash on the bottom but that was the only way to make them bite once they went deep. The REVO is a great cranking reel, even though I wasn¹t really cranking these baits, it was still important. First, it casts so smoothly and accurately, I was able to get the bait right where I wanted it. Plus, whenever I knew I had a bunch of trash on the hooks, the high-speed retrieve allowed me to get the bait back to the boat so much faster so I could clean it off and get it back in the water.²