01-12-2003, 02:33 AM
[cool] Hey, Bro...couldn't get the links to work on the articles. A message about an invalid URL. Would like to ingest the rhetoric.
I concur with the lure business. I make all of my own lures, tie flies, build rods and all that other foolishness. I do buy plastics, however, and look forward to trying some Hammers. I have been making a lot of my jig heads with glitter paints the last few years...and big eyes. Don't know if it raises my fish count, but they look purty and it helps keep me off the streets longer.
I've heard lots of halibut nuts claim that live bait catches more and bigger fish. On some days, that may be true. But, like yourself, I would rather take them on my own stuff, unless they just have a case of lockjaw. Even then, a well presented lure can sometimes elicit a reaction bite, where natural bait won't even wake them up. Seen it happen.
So, like yourself, I'd rather be making casts than making bait. And, I've won more than a few jackpots with artificials.
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I concur with the lure business. I make all of my own lures, tie flies, build rods and all that other foolishness. I do buy plastics, however, and look forward to trying some Hammers. I have been making a lot of my jig heads with glitter paints the last few years...and big eyes. Don't know if it raises my fish count, but they look purty and it helps keep me off the streets longer.
I've heard lots of halibut nuts claim that live bait catches more and bigger fish. On some days, that may be true. But, like yourself, I would rather take them on my own stuff, unless they just have a case of lockjaw. Even then, a well presented lure can sometimes elicit a reaction bite, where natural bait won't even wake them up. Seen it happen.
So, like yourself, I'd rather be making casts than making bait. And, I've won more than a few jackpots with artificials.
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