About this piece
The Smith Bottom Knox Swimmer 2 is a new-genre trout lure designed by Hiroyuki Motoyama to trigger strikes from even neutral or pressured trout. Its high-density tungsten weight concentrated at the front and buoyant tail allow it to stand on the bottom and swing side-to-side with bottom-pumping, while also vibrating on a straight retrieve and producing a swinging action on twitches.
Key features
- High-density tungsten weight concentrated in the front for bottom-standing stability
- Buoyant tail keeps the lure upright on the bottom in current
- Produces swinging, vibrating, and twitching actions depending on retrieve
- Equipped with a D-Contact Hook size #12
Best for
- Trout fishing in streams and still waters
- Bottom-oriented presentations for pressured or neutral trout
- Techniques: bottom-pumping, slow retrieve, and twitching
