Originally Posted by
Insidious C.
In my pre-teen years I was interested in artificial lures. I decided to make my own "popper" which from my memory looked much like the vintage hand carved/painted lures on your site. I tried it out at a nearby pond where kids could catch Blue Gill and Sunfish. Within a few minutes I caught my first-ever Largemouth Bass, which I did not know even existed in that little pond. That was a really big deal to me at the time and a great memory still.
In “the 60’s” my father was into fly fishing and tied his own flies. I learned too and tied my own. Most of them are still stuck up in the birch trees along Schoharie Creek in upstate NY. I cannot recall ever catching anything with them but enjoyed that time with Dad.