Didn't realise you were a cane fan too AlexWagtail wrote:I've made a few lures in my time and whilst the recent ones are not exactly the most traditional lures, they are never the less effective in the right place
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Re: Lures
Long been interested but only recently done anything about it. Been having great fun with the vintage gearMartin wrote:Didn't realise you were a cane fan too AlexWagtail wrote:I've made a few lures in my time and whilst the recent ones are not exactly the most traditional lures, they are never the less effective in the right place
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'The Chub is a very controversial fish. He has a strong army of supporters, but he has an almost equally strong army of detractors. The trouble is that the detractors do not know what they are talking about'. L. Vernon-Bates
Re: Lures
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I ended up growing tired of making lures to order and hitting deadlines it lost its appeal and I become more interested in pike fly fishing than lure fishing. The pike swimbait (top) was the last one I ever made and donated it as a charity raffle prize
You could easily carve a small crankbait (plug) from balsa and through wire it