Ed Forrestal, a.k.a. E & M Custom Tackle, is churning out fish-catching spoons and plugs in his Duluth basement. Ed Forrestal uses a hairdryer to dry paint before adding the next color on a custom ...

GRAND FORKS – Like so many good plans, it started with a few cold beverages and a discussion about fishing, Joel Holweger recalls. Holweger, of Grand Forks, says he and buddy Jamey Corbit were talking ...

We weren’t on the water long before fishing guide “Big Ed” Franko pulled out his hand-painted fishing lures. He’s proud of them and probably should be. The plastic square bills, deep divers and jerk ...

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As a youngster, Jared DuCote spent a lot of time drawing and painting at his father’s sign shop. He eventually developed a knack for finely detailed portraits that almost look like photographs. In ...

A Mississippi teenager with a love of fishing combined that passion with his enjoyment of painting and the outcome was hand-painted fishing lures that are not only catching fish, they're catching ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. – Paul Clay is one of the few Peoria-area anglers who still sell their own custom-made fishing lures. His first creation was a piece of plastic worm with rubber bands tied here and ...

When targeting grander-size blue marlin, you generally turn to larger lures to get their attention. Although it’s true that elephants eat peanuts, they tend to eat a lot more trees — and so it is with ...

Mike Harris, owner of Element Custom Baits, works on his fishing lures in his basement workshop at his home in Winnipeg on Tuesday. Utilizing his artistic chops, Harris paints each lure using a ...

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