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........ Muskie Teeth Marks

No ghostbaits, not a banned or re-register member. Just own the 270 acres we live on and call it Fredville. It's in Arkansas. Have a nice day!

This is how it begins brother, first you're just a part-time lip gluer. Before you know it you're switching components, and telling everyone, "I'm just fixing lures I already have, I can quit anytime I want." Yeah Rook, we hear you. Denial is the first sign. Then The Wife notices little things missing from her personal stuff. Mascara brushes. Her favorite fingernail polish and fingernail files. The credit card bills; "$1200 at Home Depot? What are you doing out there in that gararge?" Next thing you know you'll be standing before a room of chain-smoking fidgity folk with dark circles surrounding their hollow eyes, confessing, My name is The Rookie...I'm a baitbuilder... Just ask Fatfingers Dean

Funnily enough, I took one of those brain tests about a year ago, found it on the web while looking for some puzzles to pass the time. It asked me about a dozen daft questions with sillier answers. It then represented my left/right orientation with a dot on a picture of a head. My dot was positioned inside the left ear. I am also left handed, but doubt that that has anything to do with it. Imagine a world run by left brain people, what a boring world that would be, even I would not like to live there. As for random testing against application of engineering theory. there is nothing wrong with either, there are good arguments for each. Neither set of designers should feel the need to defend an argument as there is room for both views. There are several different vocations on the go here and we should respect each of them. 1. There are those that want to make lures purely for fishing. Fancy paint jobs and engineering BS are of no consequence. Catching fish is all that counts. 2. Those who devote hours to the art of the lure. A true labour of love and deserve our respect and admiration. 3. Left brain nerds. The first thing they do when they buy a new reel, is take it apart to see how it works and wander around the lake, harassing all the other anglers, rooting through their bait boxes for ideas. No matter which one you are, you will be totally absorbed by the hobby. I wake up in the morning and it starts. I drag my spoon through my cornflakes and play with the vortices. It occupies my mind constantly throughout the day, until I retire to bed, when it helps to put me to sleep. For me, getting involved with the science has been fascinating and educational. I have even found applications for the theory outside of fishing. I have designed a training unit for long distance swimmers and a new type of helicopter blade. When am I ever going to be able to find the time to develop and test them! As for the scientifically developed lures advertised. I have severe doubts. What makes it scientific? If I measure the lip width with a vernier, does that make it scientific? How about if I measure the weight and the volume to calculate the ballast? Maybe they have a fluid tank for testing, with high speed video cameras for motion analysis. Very convenient but still, no more scientific than testing on the lake.