A few fish and a bag.

I have to admit to being a bit bored of blogging recently and therefore this blog is getting a bit stagnant. I haven't forgotten about it completely though and I am even finally getting around to filling out the light game tackle page slowly.

I have been getting out though and I have been using the HTO lures that I designed quite alot and have had some good fishing while using them. I have also been doing very well on the Reins 7g Aji Swimmer jig and Breaden Metalmaru's. I do like to mix things up a bit and I like to feel like I am fishing for me at times rather than to keep facebook pages up dated or what ever.

Anyway, heres a few photo's;

This Launce fell for the HTO Flail

HTO Mace riged on a 2g Mace jig head

Bass seem to really like the HTO Mace 

Another Wrasse in a Decoy Slide bomb rigged Leethal

Pollock captured using the HTO Excalibur

My Gee Crack bag has also suffered bad zip corrosion now to so I have a tarty new bag. Its quite cool and is quite adequate for my needs as it will hold a box of softs, a box of jigheads and a box of jigs too. Mostly its just tarty.

A Bass at Last!

On the few occasions I have gotten out and targeted Bass this year I haven't had any success, I must confess to being very unmotivated where they are concerned.

Sods law would have it though that yesterday I went out to try for Garfish and ended up with a Bass! I hooked another right after which was a better size but somehow it escaped with the rear hook of my Metalmaru! First time that has ever happened to me on any lure.

I sort of counted myself lucky to be honest as it was a very bright afternoon and not the best conditions for Bass at all, the one thing I did have in my favour was there was a decent wind in my face which tends to push the bait close to shore.

Hopefully next time they'll be a bit bigger.

In other news, I am ever so slightly addicted at designing and making stuff lately. I revisited my Slater and refined the design some and added a variant.

I have also been learning to tie micro assists for my light game jigs, I'm a slow learner though and all fingers and thumbs when it comes to miniature things, I'm getting there though.

Next will be having a go at making jigs I think, we'll see how that goes.

Tight lines for now.

Thinking Outside the Box

This is just a quick post for fun really.

I have been trying to think a little more outside the box recently when using my design program. I don't always find it easy to get things looking organic as the software seems quite limiting. I am only just learning all the same and tend to just stumble across some things.

Anyway, I was thinking about lures that might switch Ballan Wrasse on in a big was and I came up with this;

I thought it looked somewhat like a sea cucumber and thought it could work. Sadly I do not think it could ever be made as it just wouldn't come out of a mould due to the bobbles being larger than the stems, as a friend of mine pointed out; the only way it could theoretically be made would be to lose the bobbles.

I still think it would be a great lure for the bigger rockfish but who knows?!

Another little something I have been playing with tonight is inspired by the Ligia Oceanica or "Sea Slater", I think it would indeed work well but whether it'll get made or not, I just don't know.

Its quite nice to play around anyway, but I am quite pleased with these, I wonder what you think?

Tight Lines