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Darn Lawyers always take all the fun out of things.

Heavy wire hooks, a punch, hammer, anvil or hard item. Not worth the effort in my opinion. Use the split ring, pour spinner bait heads and cut/bend wire to attach the blade. Example on fishing skirts.com (not my idea but works well).

Maybe a message to him/her via webpage or facebook may be enough...if a young person may scare them into backing off...I have noticed a few people copying your work it is a shame

Ha!... Ha ha... Ha!..... Hang on, let me regain control of my blatter....... Ok..... Totally agree about the water pipeline!... Flooding here, drought there... If we can pump oil across Alaska, we can pump water across the lower 48 But oil companies don't do anything cheap or efficint!... ive been in the industry for 4 years, but it only took me 4 months to learn why gas prices are so high Heres a joke i read on fb that sums it up 3 contractors bidding on constructing a new drilling location in a large metropolitan area... 1 from New York, one from Kansas, one from Texas The city administrator meets all 3 eager to get the project started The Kansas contractor takes his measurements, makes some phone calls... Comes back to the administrator and bids $9000... "$4000 for materials, $4000 for my crew crew and $1000 profit for me" The Texas contractor also measures and calls around... He bids $7000... "$3000 in materials, $3000 for my crew and $1000 profit for me" The New York contractor doesnt even look at the location or pick up his phone... He imediately bids $27,000 The administrator asks the contractor how he came up with such a high figure without even measuring the new location "Simple" he says... "$10,000 profit for me.. $10,000 profit for you.. And we hire the guy from Texas"

My lawyer has advised me to refrain from talking about it on social media until it is over and done with. I will add though that yes, I did say in one of my posts he is signing my work with my name, using my Logo, etc.

Richard, This kid is actually posing as her..using her business name and signing her name to his painted baits...The copying of colors is a non issue ( so to speak) the identity theft is the issue..Nathan

Can you post some examples side by side of what you are referring to? I just can't imagine somebody that can paint well enough to misrepresent themselves does not have the ability to develop their own style. Don't take this personally because I like to play the devils advocate and stir up the pot. Four full pages of this and I still don't see what you are talking about here. Everybody I know had to either learn or get ideas from somewhere, someone and/or looking at others' works. So far all I hear is well....hearsay! If you're going to call out someone out on a public forum, then do it. I do believe that EVERYBODY should develop their own style. Most have, some don't..... some use the foto/foil method and mislead people into thinking they are airbrushed....others use sharpies and when comments are made about how great of a paint job it is, they fail to respond with how they are actually made. By the way if, it hasn't changed, you can copyright your work as a catalog for the same price as an individual piece. Like I said, don't take it personally.....rant over and time for my meds!

Hi guys, first post here. I thought I’d share a swimbait I’ve been tinkering with over winter. Hoping it get smashed come pre-spawn (now only about a month away). About 16cm ( 6 1/4 inches). made from wood. I used the laminated picture method as I don’t have an airbrush (nor the skills to use one). I’ve made a Carp and Smallie imitation and have a Largie getting ready for it’s epoxy coat. Bluegill and Tilapia imitations are next The main idea behind the design was for it to run just off the bottom (when fished off a Caroliner type rig). As it’s buoyant, it actually makes a good surface lure as well – obviously without any weight on the line. Here’s a quick video of it in the pool. Hopefully thing will warm up a soon and I can take it out for some bass.

I spoke with Chris, very helpful. A pleasure to talk too. All my questions answered. The hobby industry should be grateful to have members like Chris & Rupert.

Ok..I'm old enough that I actually watched the Batman TV show when it was new...While reading Saltwater's narrative..I had the Batman voice going on in my head..lol..and that was without a adult beverage!!!..Nathan

Inspired by Mo's post above - order 500, payment on delivery of half batch, then cancel the payment. Dave

This crazy law suit society has even had an affect on TU. There are many jig and tool discussions, a major one being home made duplicator machines for carving complex curvature hard bait bodies. Because dup machines involve high speed cutting tools, and complex structure to make them work, they are considered dangerous if construction was attempted by an inexperience builder. For this reason, no one has dared to publish designs or instructions on how to safely build one of those machines, despite a lot of interest. The irony is, that there are enough pics and videos out there on the web to enable anyone with the determination to have a stab at a duplicator build themselves. Inexperienced in design and without a basic understanding of what is required from a safety point of view, or even inexperience with the tools required to build such a project without guidance, places such people in great danger, even grave risk. The use of high speed machinery can go south in a split second, but with the right design, advice, instruction and guidance, such machines can be perfectly safe. But, who in this world of law suit mentality, is going to publish such design guidance and instructions at the risk of being legally liable - not I for sure. I may want to visit the USA one day. Dave