I have finally made a start on building my new website, “The
Handmade Fisherman” hopefully this will be a base for visitors to land on and
explore. At the moment it seems still like I have a couple of thousand things
to deal with before everything is up and running and I can get back to making
some videos let alone doing some fishing.
I also did a bit more experimenting with my real minnow,
adding another hook hanger and a diving lip. I may get chance for a couple of
testing sessions next week, it swims great in the bath but that is never a
judge of how it will work out in the real world. Weight wise I have ordered
some tungsten 4mm fly tying beads which I think will work out better than lead
free shot I am using at the moment. Carving the balsa is still a bit of pig so I
made up a face out of layered paper covered with foil, this feels like cheating
a bit. Another great thing I discovered about working on something this small
is when I go back to making larger lures like the crank bait the feel massive
by comparison.
