Andrew Upshaw’s Midwest Finesse Tactics

[Phil Lilley]

We published a Midwest finesse column on Nov. 1, 2013, about Andrew Upshaw of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. It was entitled “The finesse ways of Andrew Upshaw.”

Back then he was a new member of the Finesse News Network, but he was not a Midwest finesse angler. Instead, he was what some anglers call a standard finesse angler, which means he primarily used a drop-shot rig and a shaky-head jig. Those are tactics some Midwest finesse anglers describe as power finesse, and they are the tactics that tournament anglers employ when they are trying to be versatile. The closest Upshaw got to Midwest finesse fishing occurred when he wielded a grub-and-jig combo.
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