Now, this is impressive…
Being that I’ve never been great at painting lures I find this seriously cool… More about Jigskinzs at their website.
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One of my favorite blogs…
Just another good reason why the Home made lure blog is something I read regularly… As it happens, the mackerel rig combined with a spoon or lure makes a productive rig for sailboat speeds just about anywhere you’ll find yourself.
A site you may want to bookmark…
The Home Made Lure Blog is a great read. There’s always lots of excellent ideas and very clear instructions on how to make awesome lures… Like this Flying C Spinner… Just a thought but this would make a great trolling lure for sailing speeds if you made it about twice as big.
a jig pattern to build or buy…
A lure just about everyone could use a few of in their kit… Jigs like these are pretty easy to make and, a picture being worth a thousand words, I don’t expect you’ll need a how to. Make some big ones to troll as well as some smaller ones for casting in an anchorage. They’re …
a feather rig of note…
One of my favorite blogs shows us how to tie a feather rig…
No such thing as a scrap piece of teak…
Doing some boat projects on “So It Goes” has left me with some old teak chain plate backing pads that are no longer needed. What to do? I kinda like the thought of doing a bunch of teak lures…
Projects abound…
I’m just about to do a remake of my lobster snare as the stainless wire I used took about a day to start rusting and only a couple of weeks to become unusable. The new version will use some heavy mono fishing line (200 pound test) and should make the mark two version maintenance free… …
An excellent resource…
Saltwater Fly Tying really is a must see for anyone fly fishing and there are always good ideas to get the creative juices flowing… I really like this little popper and a how-to video of how to tie it can be found here.
Thorn may have been on to something…
Writer James W. Hall’s character Thorn ties flies for a living when he is not dealing with various mayhem and suchlike… I’m certainly looking forward to the new book “Silencer“… Off hand I can get into the whole fly tying gig… I’ve always enjoyed tying flies and building lures and there is something about being …