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As we all move into this new season here at TU, I wanted to share my thoughts here, with the hopes that it will put people's minds at ease. First of all, let me state very plainly that Tackle Underground will remain the open forum that it has always been. Lure Parts Online is not here to "take over" and make drastic changes based solely on what we think is best. On the contrary, we welcome your feedback and suggestions as to what you'd like to see here at TU as we move forward. The layout and the look & feel of TU will remain as it is for some time to come. And we will not be changing the name. It will remain Tackle Underground Our goal is to secure and reinforce TU as the world's leading resource for people who already make their own lures or want to learn to make their own lures and are starting from scratch. We want to grow together, with members having a part in the future direction of TU. So to that end, if you have suggestions or feedback on how we can make TU better, please reply here and leave your feedback. We're open to any and all suggestions! On another note, I have been personally working with Jerry for the past few weeks as we have prepared for this transition. We know the hard work that Jerry has poured into TU over the years and we want to make sure that the site continues to grow and flourish, giving us all a place to come and share ideas, teaching each other to build better baits and catch more fish on those baits! So with all of that said, I hope you will follow up with your feedback and suggestions for making TU a better place for all of us. Thanks for taking the time to read this and thank you in advance for sharing your suggestions and feedback. Curt

Introducing the new "Key Shad" unlock big smallmouth jaws!!! haha not quite but we are getting there

Ha - it DOES look like a comb! To me it looks like a key. I was thinking along the lines of Keystone or Key Shad. Keyster? LOL

The other place you can put photos and link to them if you want them public or private is if you have a google account... you can either put them in your google drive area or add them to your google plus page and then open photo on google plus page right click photo click "copy image URL" and paste it in the photo bar that comes up when you click the photo icon. If you use google drive you can click the share button and it will give you the link to copy and paste... I know other Email providers have this option as well I am just not sure how it is done.

For pure flash, try adding some silver Flashabou, the thin silver mylar strips, to you skirts, extending the flashabou past the skirt 3/4" or so to make a built-in trailer. It works in both clear and off colored water.

Thanks George, Travis, I hear ya, some will remember... Looking back, we were a small group of builders on another site, run by (Erik) one bright guy with a day job who got in over his head & let it fall into disrepair. When the site went offline (for longer than usual) a few of us discussed setting up another forum to keep our group together. I already had a forum setup to support a lure carving machine I'd been working on (Anyone remember the "Duplik8r"??) so we started gathering there to what would later become Tackle Underground. We had no visions of grandeur, no preconceived notions, we were just sick, crazy, obsessed tackle makers who stumbled into craft stores at 8pm coated in sawdust looking for glitter & a wedding veil to cut up. We were packrats, hoarding epoxy, plaster, wheelweights....swiping pyrex cups from our wives, & gladly taking heat for it. Parts were sparse & anything lying around was a potential lure component. We needed each other to validate our insanity & our original home on the web was just gone....like that....poof.... no warning, no explanation. I despised Erik for a long time for doin that to us, but we saved an ember & relit that fire here. I promised myself from the start, no matter what, I'd never run TU that way... how hard could it be right?? You starting to draw a parallel yet? I've said this before, my hobby was making tackle, now my hobby is making sure you enjoy your hobby. TU has had much better days....she needs work & it will take full-time devotion to turn that around. I promised myself I'd never run TU that way & I've now kept that promise. I've become TU's #1 problem and I'm fixing that problem, I'm in her way & its well overdue. I've entertained offers for awhile, from fellow members on up to conglomerates who own 100's of forums with topics from sports cars to Japanese anime' I could've $$ out, no notice & sacrificed all our work in the process. I vetted & chose who I felt would carry on our day-to-day & work to refuel that fire lit over a decade ago. I hear and understand everyone's feelings.... LPO is a company, but one genuinely vested in our success. They know we are independent thinkers...they know we shop all over...there are many symbiotic avenues for TU & LPO that don't involve them forcing product down our throats. Bottom line?..... they hope to earn your business by maintaining this site, serving your best interests & help you refine your craft.... how?? well, as usual, it's up to you: http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/index.php?/topic/26911-tu-lpo-what-the-future-holds/ Concerns are understood, A few weeks from now I'll be a normal TU member & I'll reap or forfeit along with you, my friends. Jerry "redg8r"

Trying to fit 8 lures into a tiny profile pic is going to be touch. The image can be shrunk in regard to resolution, without having to crop everything out of it, but it will be hard to distinguish 8 lures in that tiny photo. Go over to www.bassfishingphotos.com and setup an account. It's free. And then upload you image there. Then let me know here when that's done. Sometime during the next few days I'll grab it and shrink the file size for you and shoot it back to you

Thanks, Curt and once again....all the best!

Thank you, Richard! I appreciate your constructive feedback. Believe me when I tell you that I completely understand the difference in personalities. I have run fishing-based forums for many, many years and have seen people "duke it out", work it out and then agree to disagree. And I have also seen people leave, sometimes for no apparent reason. It's just the nature of the beast. And yes.. sometimes typed words can be hard to decipher with regard to the tone or the true meaning of the words written. I also know when buttons are being pushed. Enough said on that topic. And yes.. everyone is entitled to their opinions, provided it doesn't turn into bashing or personal insults. I agree that TU is the best place on the planet for tackle makers, and yes, I am sure that there are lurkers here that do so just for the sole purpose of stealing ideas. So goes the world, with some people bent on stealing from others. It's a shame, but, sadly, that's also just the way some people are So, I hope everyone will move ahead with us and lay the fears and doubts to rest as we work together toward building an even bigger and better TU.

It's a fixer upper.....nice location though.

Instead of trying to upload it, try hosting it somewhere else, such as Photo Bucket or www.bassfishingphotos.com, and link to it from there. This way it's not taking up server space here at Tackle Underground so the 50k limit shouldn't effect you. You can also try using a free online site to re-size and optimize your image to make it meet the 50k size limit, and then upload it to Tackle Underground: http://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspx Give one of these options a shot and let me know if it helps or not