What do you do?

ukey28 · Post by **ukey28** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:56 pm

I know we all like fishing for bass. Thats why we're here. What else to you do thats fishing related? Do you tie flies, make lures, build rods? I'm curious.

Fire Ball · Post by **Fire Ball** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:44 am

I like to make swimjigs for like $1 that are better than the ones that everyone in SoCal uses that cost like $5 or $6! Lol. I need to buy some more supplies though.

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:42 pm

I tie both salt and freshwater flies, teasers and jigs. I don't pure lead, but I powder paint my own jig heads and tie my own hair jigs and teasers. I have a couple of friends that will pure custom lead jig for me (at a price, of course).

I also like assemble rubber skirted jigs with my own color combos.

ukey28 · Post by **ukey28** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:42 am

I was a commercial fly tyer for a long time. Salt water, fresh water, and salmon flies. I made my own balsa plugs in the 70's and now I make spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and spoons for bassin. I am working on a surgical tube swimmer for salt water and pike.

I take a day each year and improve habitat on a stream or pond and in the lake I live on I improve spawning sites by adding gravel and logs to hard bottom areas.

I'd love to learn how to wrap rods as I have seen some that were absolute works of art. When I was in a Bass Club I ran clinics for the mentally handicapped.

I think they enjoyed it, I know the guys that worked on it did. Its great for the head.

I don't think there is anything better for getting life in focus than to find something that you can lose yourself in for a day without having to think about anything else. Be it golf, fishing, painting, music or any other art. I think it clears out the negative and allows clearer thought for the important decisions in life.

Fishing can do a lot of different things for people. It can be a sport, an art, or a discipline. It's about what you make it.