Winter Projects
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zoom boom bass
I was cruising Field and Stream’s website, drooling over giant bucketmouths in some user-submitted photo gallery, when I noticed a bunch of the trophies were fooled by soft plastic lizards. So, I sat down to mangle up an imitation. The result: Zoom Boom Bass. The stinger hook is certainly over-kill, but it’s not quite as [...]
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this ant wants to party
I’ve been turning out weird stuff at the vise. But that’s OK for a couple of reasons. One, traditional patterns are frustrating. Tying a delicate size 18 elk hair caddis isn’t incredibly difficult. There is some finessing of the hackle, and fumbely finaglery of the elk hair, but most anyone with a little patience can [...]
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for the confused trout’s stomach
I’ve been tying on an off for a little over a year. At best, I turn out slightly less than mediocre patterns. But a recent hunt for stripers/snaggy rocks and black holes below Denison Dam destroyed my mostly store-bought streamer box. So after an ugly argument with my wallet, I anted up and made a [...]
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