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Make your own lures

By Staff
Kevin Stone
Franklin County Times
I absolutely hate cold weather. The days are shorter and by the time I get off work its dark outside.
During the evening I get restless and bored. My restlessness is compounded by the writers' strike, which has affected the TV shows that I enjoy watching. So, what am I to do? (Tia says that I should finish re-finishing the hardwood floors.) Some of my friends and I have decided to start making our own fishing lures.
Do-it is a company that manufactures molds for fishing lures. They sell molds for making jigs, spinner baits, buzz baits, and line weights. With the Internet at our fingertips, we can order all of the supplies needed to make our own baits. It doesn't take a lot of supplies to get started. All you need is a supply of lead, a mold, a melting pot, hooks, skirt material, skirt collars, and paint.
We enjoy fishing with jigs, so that is what we will concentrate on making. Sometimes it's difficult to find the right jig in the right size, shape, and color. We can eliminate this problem by making our own. We will cut down on the cost by buying only one mold each. Each mold will make three sizes of the same jig and by combining all of our supplies, we will be able to make a wide variety of lures at minimal cost.
It's probably cheaper to buy jigs already made but, like I said, I'm bored. We can pass the time during the cold winter months by crafting our own lures. This spring it will be a very satisfying experience to catch bass made with our own jigs. Check out the supplies available and you too can make your own lures.
Keep in mind that the Millennium Project will be gathering supplies the next couple of weekends in preparation for the annual workday on February 9. If you would like to help with this project, please call me or Gary Don Fleming. I usually end the column by asking you to take a kid fishing, but brrrrrrrrr! It's been too cold and kids probably don't like fishing in the cold any more than I do.
Kevin Stone is branch manager and loan officer at Valley State Bank and can be reached at (256) 332-3600.

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