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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Les Young on 12/19/22 18:37 UTC
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Because this place is as dead as can be. :D
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Been pretty quiet for a month or so. Busy season though.
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Busy for sure. Unfortunately not fishing related busy. Hopefully in a few more weeks time will clear up.
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Oh yea but need to play with baits.
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I think in general bait making forums are slowing down. There is too much info on social media and YouTube anymore. Even Do-it has their own pages. Let's be honest, why ask a question on a forum when all you have to do is pull a video up on YouTube and watch the whole process. And if you don't like how they did it then there's 30 more to watch. There are hundreds of bait making pages on social media that show thousands of different baits styles and colors. All you have to do is find the ones that work for you. It's all free.
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I think in general bait making forums are slowing down. There is too much info on social media and YouTube anymore. Even Do-it has their own pages. Let's be honest, why ask a question on a forum when all you have to do is pull a video up on YouTube and watch the whole process. And if you don't like how they did it then there's 30 more to watch. There are hundreds of bait making pages on social media that show thousands of different baits styles and colors. All you have to do is find the ones that work for you. It's all free.
I think this plays a huge part in what we do.
And its holiday time and peoiple are just tied up with the season.
A week ago Ma and I drove down to the headquarters for a visit and got to spend some time with a bunch of the crowd there. Fun time. Based on how much activity there was there I don't think things are slowing down for the company.
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A week ago Ma and I drove down to the headquarters for a visit and got to spend some time with a bunch of the crowd there. Fun time. Based on how much activity there was there I don't think things are slowing down for the company.
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Your right. I think bait making is up. You see new guys jumping in all the time. It's how you get your information is changing. For me I can learn more from watching a video than you telling me how. So I watch a lot of videos. And for fixing stuff around the house it's the bomb.
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I haven't done any lure making or fly tying in a good while. My wife has been ill and I've been taking care of her as best I can. She's making progress but it's been slow. I've even suspended my business because I don't have time to deal with it now.
I hope to get back into it after New Years, but we'll see.
I haven't stopped reading & following the sources I follow, so at least trying to keep my mind into it, but that's still not the same as hands on. I check in most everyday on all the forums I follow, and check my social media accounts to see what others are still doing.
I've noticed that a lot of folks got into tackle making, but from listings I've seen on social media & Ebay, some aren't staying with it. I think some had the impression that it was an easy way to make money, and found out differently. I think those of us who are dedicated to it, stay with it for reasons beyond making money. Even through the years between businesses, I still very much enjoyed making jigs or tying flies, as I see it all as an extension of my fishing, so that it compliments it and the dollars involved don't matter. However, it does take time to do, and not everyone sees the value in spending that times making their own.
Of course, with the state of the country now, I'm sure folks are all in different situations, so that plays a role too, and as has been said, all the forums & social media seems to slow some this time of year for fishing topics anyway.
Heck, I've always liked that things slow down some, as it gave me a chance to catch up some on other things and start planning ahead for the new fishing seasons, but so far I haven't even considered any of that. :(
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I've noticed that a lot of folks got into tackle making, but from listings I've seen on social media & Ebay, some aren't staying with it. I think some had the impression that it was an easy way to make money, and found out differently.
Boy if that's not the truth. To me this is just a hobby and I don't sell anything. My advise would be not to quit your day job.
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This is something I hear quite often. I tell people the primary reason to make baits for themselves is to have something, some color combo, that nobody else has. Make money at it? Good luck.
I really enjoy working the site here and helping where I can. I have my shop and have gotten into doing one on one sessions with people looking to get into the bait making game: they can try their hand at it and see if it's something they'd like doing, but I am straight forward with them telling them that it's not something to look at to make money.
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Good points bigjim.
Praying that your wife has a speedy recovery from her illness.
I too have had a lot less time for tacklecrafting, but not for health reasons.
Plan on pouring some lead this week to make hair jigs and plastic.
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas
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Likewise Line!
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I've learned how to make some profit from making & selling what I produce, but I'll certainly never get wealthy doing it. I made the mistake with my first business to sell to shops & guides, and now, there's no way I'll do that again. I guess some are satisfied with doing that, but at my age now, I'm not interested in turning this into a big enterprise and I'll only sell direct to anglers. I've made a good many friends selling tackle so there's other benefits. As long as I can keep it going and pay for my personal fishing, that's all I need from it.
Yeah, some of them think there's a lot of money to be made based on prices they see in stores and with not much effort or investment, or frankly any skills or talent for it either. The jokes on them! ::)
Lines, thank you for the prayers! They're always welcome!
I hope all of you have a very Blessed, Joyous & Merry Christmas, and of course be safe too!
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Yes, like you bigjim, the friends and family plan keeps me going.
I'm in the hole, but I have every mold and piece of lure making equipment I could possibly want.
Seems like if you do something for a living, it loses it's appeal.
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Yes, like you bigjim, the friends and family plan keeps me going.
I'm in the hole, but I have every mold and piece of lure making equipment I could possibly want.
Seems like if you do something for a living, it loses it's appeal.
Well, I still have friends that I stay in touch with that I had made with my first business and I closed it in 2003. I don't need to make a living from my current business, as I'm now retired, but agree with you that it does become work, and not a enjoyable endeavor.
I made a lot of mistakes with my first business, and learned a lot from them. I keep adding molds and supplies, even though I don't really need them, but to me that's part of the enjoyment of making tackle. I can do new things, even if they're really old things, just new to me. I just bought two old Hilts molds a 3/4 & a 1 ounce bullet head style spinnerbaits, that I didn't even know Hilts had ever produced. They're unique for me, and something I will use. I now look for unique molds, and if the price is reasonable, don't mind taking a risk with trying something new. I got those molds for around $50, so that worked out good.
I don't know if they'll sell, but I'll enjoy making them! :D
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Jim, sorry to hear about your wife. Hopefully she'll bounce back pretty quick.
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For me I can learn more from watching a video than you telling me how.
That's because of his minny-soda accent. ::)
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That's because of his minny-soda accent. ::)
Them Norwegians get that from dinking to much Akvavit.
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German, Irish and English, gents. No wegian in these bones. Maybe a sip of Aquavit. I got lit up big time on my wedding night on the stuff and still have a hard time even smelling it.
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German, Irish and English, gents. No wegian in these bones. Maybe a sip of Aquavit. I got lit up big time on my wedding night on the stuff and still have a hgard time even smelling it.
LOL Liquor's had that effect om me at times.
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Me too. Bacardi rum makes me sick smelling it.
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LOL Liquor's had that effect om me at times.
I should have saved it for the divorce finalization. lol
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LOL Liquor's had that effect om me at times.
Mine was Southern Comfort back in my 20's. I get sick just smelling the stuff now.
We use to have an old Norwegian from Minnesota stay in another cabin from us up in Canada. He and his group would always bring a bottle of Aquavit with them. They always insisted we have a shot with them each year. Them old boys are all gone now and I'll miss them but not their Aquavit.
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WOW! I think everyone must have some drinking memories. Mine was on gin! Can't touch the stuff today.
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WOW! I think everyone must have some drinking memories. Mine was on gin! Can't touch the stuff today.
lol
I went to a New Year's Eve pool party and decided to take cherry sloe-gin. I was walking along the side of the pool and taking a swig and mis-stepped. That red went thru the pool like blood. I guess I wasn't real popular with the motel management.
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WOW! I think everyone must have some drinking memories. Mine was on gin! Can't touch the stuff today.
I still have part of a fifth that i opened probably 8 years ago if that tells you anything. lol
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I've been chuckling as each has added a drink/story to this post!
My fearsome foe for many years was tequila... and like many of you, the smell was enough to make me run the other way.
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My fearsome foe for many years was tequila... and like many of you, the smell was enough to make me run the other way.
Many years ago we use to take a group up to Tippy Dam in Michigan and snag salmon. We brought a bottle of tequila with us that had the worm in it. None of us liked it at all so one night we left the bottle on a stump outside our camper when we went fishing. When we came back it was gone and we all cheered. The next morning we got up and someone brought it back and put it on the stump. We ended up using it to start the fires.
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Your stories here remind me of a joke Dad would tell about a lonely old man that would invite passers-by into his cabin and then hold them at gunpoint until they had a drink with him (insert akvavit, krupnik, or whatever rot-gut you want). After they successfully downed a shot, he would take the bottle to his side and slide the gun over to them and would say, "it wouldn't be polite of me if I didn't have one with you."
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Piel's beer. I've been sick more than I care to admit from over indulging, but one time we were drinking Piel's beer, first time I had tried it too, and I got so sick from that stuff, I thought it would be the end of me!