Hardware for the water...

Hook-em-up Hardware...


Fleck WeedWader Spinner-bait

This hot little puppy is a high quality fishing lure, built exclusively in the United States Of America, for starters. You'll notice the ball bearing swivel that spins it's blade at even the Slowest retrieves looking like a flashing light almost. The blades on the snap can of course be changed at your whim with the sweet little snap attached to the ball bearing swivel. That is a real nice feature if you like to tinker with yer fishin' shit. ;-) Ooops, I mean stuff. :-)

Fleck's Best!

Many long armed spinner-baits can do this little "collapsing" trick, but not too many Bassers utilize it much. I LOVE this feature because it makes slippin' this baby into my shirt pocket, a breeze for when I have to go grey or camo! Also, by holding the back blade and letting the lure hang, this sweetie pie, hangs exactly horizontal, as in perfectly balanced. This killer piece of lead and steel can even be used as a semi-slack line, drop bait, whereupon it slays 'em! :-)

The reason there is no skirt on this WeedWader is, I hardly EVER use any type of skirts, as such, any more. There are just way TOO many deadly plastic critters out there these days, that will blow your skirt right clean off ya if ya marry them to Your S-baits. Pick Your favorite creature or curly tail or craw-body or whatever you already have faith, or should I say Confidence in? Thread it on and watch out. You can take that to the bank too! :-)

Oh ya, one more thing, this little high-test Spinner Bait weighs only 3/16 oz. so don't try to toss that on yer level wind bassin' rig. This is true Spinning gear folks. I use it on 8 lb mono that I watch like a hawk. With a light reel attached to a light action fast taper rod, this lures flies. Great for pitchin' and flippin' as well and I've even caught Walleye's on it "strollin" in fifteen feet of water with a live minnow affixed to it's razor sharp hook. :-)

What kind of Fishing Hardware do You love? Are You a Spinner-bait specialist of sorts? There will be plenty more pictures of various different fishing hardware in here in future installments...

Have a Big one!

Lar

First Bike Ride of '09...

Limbering up...

Well, I think Spring has made it up to Ottawa! With the sun shining brightly on my back, I took my first bike tour of the year to-day. I headed north, to the Ottawa River to check on the situation over there. It felt REAL good to get on that mechanical pony of mine again, after a long winter lay-off. My legs felt a little shaky when I got home but it was well worth it and even that felt good again...No pain, no gain, as they say... :-)

March 15th Bikin' Tour...

Hope y'all got out there too, for some sweet, fresh country air to-day.

Later,

Gone Fishin Entries: WBT Pro Angler, Linda Redford Discusses Her Mentors

A Real Fishin' Lady...

I've always loved hearing about How someone got into Fishing. This fine story is no exception, especially when you figure it's written by a woman who's loved to fish, all her life. :-) See if You can relate to this wonderful piece...

Gone Fishin Entries: WBT Pro Angler, Linda Redford Discusses Her Mentors

Fishing Girls Rock!

Cheers,

LarryB

Geezer Wisdom...

Some rock solid Geezer Wisdom...

I f You like Your life stress-free, healthy and happy, then here's a list of wise statements from an old Geezer over at Cedar Cove Farm that if put into practice in Your life, will ensure all of the above and more. :-)

Man, those old folks were smart, even without the fancy school education like most peeps have these days. Back in the day, you made up in work experience, and life experiences, what you lacked in book learnin'...

I think you'll like what the old Geezer is trying to get across...

Cheers,

LarryB

Coffee with the Hermit: A Handy Bit Of Information...!

Power Foods...

I wanted to share this link that contains a great list of Power Foods. It even tells ya what all this stuff is good for. Thanx to HermitJim, for sharing the list on his blog! Go have a look-see and find out which foods You need to get more of, into You, to feel better...

Coffee with the Hermit...

and WAY better tasting than medicine and So much better for you at the same time. :-)

Saturday Fishing shows...

Fishin' Stuff...

This morning I watched my favorite Fishing Show, Bob Izumi's Real Fishing. His laid back ways, quick wit, friendly, happy manner and general humbleness shows through in all of his stuff. One day before I die, I wanna fish with Bob Izumi. He was catchin' Brookies on a little silver Panther Martin, the one with the orange feathered treble, in a little overgrown stream that looked "jungle-like" according to our host's comment to that effect. :-) Nice close-ups too, of the beautiful Brook Trout, that looked like Natives to this ol' trapper. Yup, Bob was fishing my favorite way and for my favorite fish this morning, using my favorite Speckled Trout lure for well over 30 years. Awesome!

Then my man Bob, fitted out in a beautiful Columbia outdoor marvel of a coat, arranged a special "Ling" ding episode, for us this a.m. Bob had met this young fella in North Bay, on a previous trip up North. He was a very Cool young lad that was just beaming, like Bob does and I could just feel his LOVE for Fishing, in whatever shaped fish it appeared in. A real respect for our wildlife, was what he was showin' me anyway.

That, was SO nice to see, coming from our youth these days. I hope Bob has more plans to include this likable fishin' dude on his future shows! He even said that he would rather eat Ling from his waters than the Walleyes that swim there. Man, they must be some good eatin'! Then again, Bob who usually likes food, made No mention throughout the show of whippin' up a batch of Ling-dings. Curious! :-)

It'll be nice when Spring gets here and there won't be any time for watching fishing shows anymore. I'll be out DOING some real fishing of my own and poking around for fresh wild edibles from the fields and forests too. I've got plenty of spots to entertain myself in the Ottawa area and I'm always on the look-out for others to hang with me out there. So, don't be shy! I'm quite accessible now, through the magic of our modern day Email! :-) Or, and, You could even leave a comment in here if ya wanna. :-)

Hang loose...

lb

Customized Cranks...

Rat-L-Trap lures, By Bill Lewis

Trap a Bass...

One of my favorite lures for all around fishing purposes, are these older rattle-baits that you see here in two different models. The boy on the top is a "Floater" model and the guy below is a, standard sinking model. Use the sinker Or use the floater. They both catch fish consistently! Bill Lewis done Good, when he created this impressive artificial lure! :-)

Rattle Trap Lures...

These Rat-L-Trap cranks are very Hot lures to toss anywhere, north or south, east or west, especially if you Don't do a lot of fishing very often and You want in on some action... :-)

Here's a good informative write up from my friend Russ Bassdozer, on these awesome lures that You can use to catch more fish too...Rattlin'

...Oh, and one more fine confirmation for You, if You don't use these killer lures much yet...

A BassKicker Favorite too...

Get those fish rattled!

Cheers,