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Hi, cold water asks for a slow action plastic/resin plug rather than a tin so I finally went into resin casting. I got this new pearl foil from WTP which is a blast. Another lure crafter got himself some ThinLam shell veneer which cost him an arm and a leg but looked terrific and resembled to...

Hi, I´ve had durability issues and even some negative feedback on my tin spoons that made me switch to epoxy based clear for my mixes with much better results. I want to go epoxy  all the way but not sure about the color chart at Barlow´s . The yellow chartreuse (002) is fine but red is...

Fly tyers glue 3-d eyes onto heavy mono and tye them in as "floating eyes". This saves them the trouble of soaking streamers in glue. I recently started using zander jigs with head shapes that offer certain advantages at the cost of enough space to accomodate large eyes, which puts me into the...

I`ve seen light rock fishing guys using this jig head shape and found it hideous. That was 3 years ago. Lately, I have developed a taste for stand-up paterns although the hook selection is difficult to say the least. A new fishing buddy, a VMC teamangler who knows his fishing, said that tip-ups...

Enjoying some really nice night time zander fishing over here at the moment. At night, they rise to the surface where they can be caught with slow, shallow running lures. Problem is, since this is done with floating minnow baits which I have to buy like anyone else, I spend long evenings at the...

Left the trout alone today and made use of the calm weather to go after zander. Most folks here let the jig bump the ground continously to resemble a gobie, but I heard several times now that in hard pressed waters a calm steady swimbait retrieve would do better for larger fish so I gave it a...

I had a fellow kayak angler testing some trolling flies and jigs for me in southern Norway. He makes good use of his waterwolf camera and got some nice footage together. It was not before he checked the first day´s footage - still under the impression there was no trout around - that he learned...

I have a high-end vise that holds 8oz - 9/0 jigs surprisingly well, but now that I`ve ordered a couple of molds in the double digit range (both hook size and weight :cool: ) I`m pretty sure I`ll reach the end of the line.   does anybody have an idea or experience in this field? I know I can...

The wild coast of norway is #1 holiday destination for most german anglers. It was time I did my first "real" fishing vacation there. I joined a group of 3 other guys I hardly knew. We went up to Dalsfjord with 2 cars loaded with 2 kayaks and rented a house and a motorboat there. On the first...

At first I wasn`t planning on making a spoon for lang casts in shallow water as is popular here in the baltic sea. There are dozens of time-tested patterns. Then again, the fear of bumping into customers while using a store bought ones in very cold water was somewhat annoying. I was looking over...

For a luremaker in the middle of 2 milion perch-enthusiasts, I´m embarassingly poor skilled when it comes to yellow (ours is rather greenish) perch. Finally cracked the 40cm (thats where "real" perch anglers start counting) with a well fed specimen that went for a 16gr (3/4oz tin) shad bait lure.

Hi! some of you might remember my obsession with free swinging hooks placed on the rear end of long saltwater jigs. After the sandeel slip jig proved to be very productive, I wanted an eyed version and remembered that topic. Once again, I used the articulated fly shank, but this time without a...

I don`t usually steal designs... But when I do , I consider them a starting point rather than a blunt knock off. First I`d like to point out that I don´t market north america and of course respect the pending patent for the spin doctor/Lytles secret lure. Last autumn when I introduced the shad...

Took a few days of for a trip to the central danish island of samsö which is known only to a small number of fly anglers for its phantastic summer sea run brown trout fishing. My "team angler" Malte and me wanted to try if the spin rod could do equally well or better. First we had problems to...

I bought a Vexilar Fish Phone the other day, or rather last year, but did´nt dare to run it until I got myself a sensible 220V/110V transformer. Anyhow, it seems to be an awsome piece of equipment for a jig crafter to generate some underwater footage promoting his business on youtube. Problem...

Its been a while since I started experimenting with Mold-modulating. Back then, with the help of an engraver who has meanwhle retired and left me his machine for a few hundred bucks :D . The single most phenomenal success - both fishing and commercial wise - was an up-side-down wobble jig head...

Its been a while since I started experimenting with Mold-modulating. Back then, with the help of an engraver who has meanwhle retired and left me his machine for a few hundred bucks :D . The single most phenomenal success - both fishing and commercial wise - was an up-side-down wobble jig head...

I keep having problems with this hook dulling out and loosing its protective chrome surface under curing. I first thought it was the oil on the hooks so I carefully de-greased them with alcohol. I still have severe problems and just spoiled an entire badge. Worst thing is that I cannot reprocude...

Hi, I got myself the FB-4H-AFM weedless football mixed hooked mold the other day which generally speaking I am very happy with. I get along well with the teflon pins and the painting and everything. Problem ist that I find the FG 30 weedguards I bought with it to be a bit heavy for targeting...

Hi, this is a shot in the dark. Just bought a year´s license for a relatively deep and clear lake stocked with whitefish. Thing is, there is no whitefish angling up here in the north where I live. While they are bread and butter to the commercial net fishery, anglers target them only in the...