Other Hobby

[SuperDave]

Besides loving to cook, one of my other loves is fishing.  One species that I love to chase in particular is Kokanee salmon.  This is a landlocked version of a Sockeye salmon.  This love brought me to making my own lures that from time to time have been very successful.  Here are some samples of my stuff:

 

[SuperDave]

Some more spinners:

 

[johngalt]

Curiosity got me. What kind of scale are we looking at Dave? Very vivid colors!

 

[SuperDave]

Picture #2 is the dodger that adds action to the lures.  I typically use the 4.5" and the 5.5" blanks.  The rest of the lures that actually trail the dodger are in the 2" - 2.5" long range. 

 

[DivotMaker]

What fish could refuse to bite one of those??  They'd be crazy!  Nice job, Dave!

 

[SuperDave]

Catching fish on your own unique creations is like hitting a home run on a smoke.

 

[pargolfr2003]

Nice work Dave. You've got skills!

 

[Libohunden]

Wow, those are nice!  How do you make them?

 

[drains]

That's very impressive Dave! Im really impressed by your creativity. If I were a fish I would bite one of those.

 

[SuperDave]

Wow, those are nice!  How do you make them?

It's kind of like being a 9 year old little girl.  LOL!  I tie all my double snell leaders and then start playing with bead and blade combinations. Some of the blades I paint and some I can buy painted.

I keep boxes of these in my tackle bag so I can make stuff on the spur of the moment on the boat.

 

[BedouinBob]

Dave, I'll bet if you made one look like a smoked butt the fish would go crazy!  8) Help! Help! My boat is sinking!!  ;D

 

[coachB]

Dave, have you thought of applying a rub and smoking some of the lures.  You could also mop some of your sauce to the spinners?

All kidding aside, I envy you.  Salmon are a great species of gamefish.  I miss going for kings out of Lake Ontario.  And they do make some of the best eating with so many different ways to prepare them.

 

[BedouinBob]

Salmon is one gamefish I haven't had the fun to go after. I love eating it though! I'll have to stick with trout which are pretty good too!

 

[puddle jumper]

Dave I hope you don"t mind me putting my .02 in here with you.. 8)
I think me and you would get along very well, I make fishing poles, did it for myself and several friends for a few years,,
PJ

 

[puddle jumper]

8)
The wood handle on the fly rod turned out really well..
PJ

 

[SuperDave]

Beautiful work, John.  I've love the beautiful rods that I see made by you custom guys and always want one.  The cost of a good blank scares me back to being happy with my off the shelf rods.  I'm also rough on my rods and know how ticked I'd be if I broke a custom.  :-[

 

[puddle jumper]

Dave you just got to get the right blank, some are super light and easy to break, and some are tough as nails... you should give building a try its not to hard and a lot of fun,,, but be warned just like Q its addictive, if you are interested go to the MUD HOLE website, there are a bunch of how to videos
PJ
OH,, PS the lures look great..

 

[BedouinBob]

Wow PJ, nice work!

 

[DivotMaker]

Dave and John - nice work!  Really nice gear there!!

 

[puddle jumper]

Thank you guys..
PJ