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Change is inevitable , Progress is possible , Friends are cherished . I for one will continue to cherish all TU members . I'll support any Red Blooded American that steps up to keep this forum from going blindly into the night .Thank you Jerry . Welcome to LPO because you know the pains and sacrifice it takes to start small and grow .

Welcome, Curt & Thank you, Jerry. I have sure learned a lot on this site and appreciate that it is ongoing.

Jerry, Thanks for all you've done. Everything I know about lure making I learned here at TU. This site has enriched my life. I hope the future is good for you. You've earned that. Mark

Hi Curt I've been a member for almost two years and I use this site now more then I did in the recent months past work will do that for ya thou, and now that I have more free time I find myself back here reading up on the conversations of things I missed out on and expanding my knowledge of luring building. I had a random thought this morning about a small improvement... in the black button bar across the top how about adding a video section up there and breaking it down just similar to how we have the gallery and if you took the original idea of the gallery from the idea above where people saw the new pic posts every time you came to the home page you could have a small section below it for the new video posts. I think this would not only help out the video makers but help new people find videos that would help and increase more discussions from them here on the forum.

Too funny!!

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

Ardent Angler The bibs were the straw that broke the camel back for me. I thought I couldn't make the cuts I wanted with a band saw. I was wrong. Here is what I was after Doable precise and easy. The 10 in bands are not too bad but a the bigger models are beasts. Yes you may change the blade on the scroll but the thickness of material and density of that material really effects what you can cut effectively. A pine 2x4 is too much for a scroll but a 10 inch band it is butter. Without it your back to using that hand saw. Same with metal sheet for homemade spinners or spoons. Things come up; given to you or seen on here and you want to try it . Without the right tool to cut it; your back to hand tools or just out of luck. Something about a big motor and a blade going one direction is magic for cutting things well. Yes it is really as easy as carving out a shape slapping some hooks on it to make a lure. When I was first on the fence about making lures, I remember a video a child made of himself making a fishing lure with a piece of a 2x4 and kitchen knife and some super glue. He made the lure in what seemed minutes and was fishing it before the video was over. That inspired me to give it a go. The baits aren't always pretty or work the way their intended but if you like this sort of work you'll stay on the path to better things. If not , you'll at least have the satisfaction of knowing and a saw. For myself, I'm keeping the band saw.