11-08-2007, 03:29 AM
Some of the best lures to land fish with are the ones you tie yourself.
One of the first things my Grandpa (Pop) showed me how to do was to tie the perfect nightcrawler harness. It was our lure of choice for the walleyes up here in Michigan. We also melted down lead pipes and made our own sinkers, split shot, jig heads and spinners. Grandma would have a fit in the winter because me and grandpa would steal a couple spoons out of the kitchen and cut them up and then pound the crap out of them making sweedish pimples for ice fishing. A lot of good times out there in the garage making all that stuff. Almost as good as the fishing itself......... Always an extra sence of pride in a fish landed by a homemade lure.
Thanks for teaching me all that stuff pop. I'll never forget it and I'll never forget you.
"In memory of Allen (Bud) Cardinal" Saginaw, MI
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One of the first things my Grandpa (Pop) showed me how to do was to tie the perfect nightcrawler harness. It was our lure of choice for the walleyes up here in Michigan. We also melted down lead pipes and made our own sinkers, split shot, jig heads and spinners. Grandma would have a fit in the winter because me and grandpa would steal a couple spoons out of the kitchen and cut them up and then pound the crap out of them making sweedish pimples for ice fishing. A lot of good times out there in the garage making all that stuff. Almost as good as the fishing itself......... Always an extra sence of pride in a fish landed by a homemade lure.
Thanks for teaching me all that stuff pop. I'll never forget it and I'll never forget you.
"In memory of Allen (Bud) Cardinal" Saginaw, MI
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