kenneth266

You could also try a quick, underhand cast, keeping the lure close to the water surface. That always works for me.

Go ahead and use devcon if that's all you have. Any medium stiffness, non-shedding brush will work, just make sure to rotate it after.

Beware of those sales pitches or old wives tales. I honetsly don't think a bass "aims" for anything other than swallowing that baitfish down head first. Just my opinion though, no scientific validity. Another contradictory (did I spell that right?) thing that makes me chuckle is to flip through a fishing catalog and read all those claims of red hook effectiveness on bass. These red hooks are on worm hooks, deep crankbaits, spinnerbaits etc. Now, flip over a few pages to the fishing line section and read the claims on how effective this new red line is because red is the first color to be filtered out by water and how it becomes invisible past 3 ft deep. I'm no rocket scientist but, something isn't adding up here.

Transparent leaf gree, black back and spots, pearl belly.

I am more than just a little embarrased by this whole ordeal :oops: I didn't mean this post as a gossip session or to slander Kirill. It was only to warn others that work as hard as I do to prevent them from being taken in. I have already apologized to Kirill and offer another public apology here. I can take my medicine like a man. Anyways, it's worked out now and am looking forward to a great business relationship. Take care

This guy sounded convincing at first because he knew his fishing lures.

If you have a merchant account for selling lures over the internet, please use caution, especially for requests coming from overseas. I don't mean to offend any non-U.S. members here but, most of these scams are coming from eastern Europe. I've spoken to another well known lure manufacturer and he too received an e-mail from this same guy. I hope this post isn't too long but, I won't to show how convincing these scam artists can be and hopefully prevent anyone from being taken and have the security of their banking info compromised. The history: I was recently contacted by a "Kirill Demurenko " claiming that he ran 3 fishing tackle stores in St. Petersburg Russia. He mentioned that they carry lures from Bomber, Heddon, etc but due to the international nature of these lures, they were looking for some truly handmade American lures. I responded, cautiously and this was his next reply:.."Dear Ken, Thank you for your answer. I think that the initial wholesale purchase from you and further distribution of your baits in Russia will show what kind of demand we are dealing with here. I will place an order as soon as you send me an electronic catalog of the production you have with wholesale rates given there. Further on, we can increase our cooperation according to sale tempo! Best regards, Kirill" I create the catalog, send it to him, ask about any other colors that he may be interested in, then the next reply:.."Dear Ken, I will purchase the baits of the custom colors, for there are no particular colors that work always extremely well and no colors, that do not do at all. All of them go relatively good. Kirill" Next, we agree on a wholesale price, and he responds: "Dear Ken, Please, handle my very first wholesale order to you. To see how it goes, I will not order a lot right now. I would like 3 pieces of each color you gave in the catalog. That will make 48 crankbaits in total, right? Please, qoute for that in USD. I have CitiBank Visa, so will you accept paypal payment? I plan to trace the sale rate and then to order more in the beginning of the summer or even in May. Best regards, Kirill" I feel a little cautious at this point but, the guy seems legit so, what the heck? The next e-mail should have alerted me but..... "Dear Ken, First of all I have to confess this is going to be my first payment via Paypal. Please, drop me some kind of a short instruction. For payments I will use a different box: alpred.russia@yahoo.com. My address is 199034, 8th line of V.O., 1/9, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Please, send the package by inexpensive company (like USPS maybe?) I will make a list of the Russian angling web sites dubbed in English shortly for you. And of course we will be glad to have you here for a fishing adventure! We can discuss all that, when you make a decision to come over. With our business partnership growing, that will not be in an indefinite future I hope. Regards, Kirill" I send him a paypal invoice, to the original mailbox, not the yahoo box, something didn't seem right about that, and he responds...."Hi Ken! With your discription it all is going to be easier for me to handle, thanks! The time difference is 8 hours. I will check my box on Monday and contact you immediately to confirm. Regards, Kirill" ...and finally the kicker..."Dear Kenneth, Unfortunately, I was not able to log on to Paypal. There is no Russia in the list of countries, when I tried to register. Can we try wire transfer? I will send you the money from my account in Citibank. For that I need all your bank details. Regards, Kirill" Be careful people! I hope this guy doesn't have enough info on me to go any further. Also, forgive for the long winded post but, I would hate to see someone have their bank account wiped out.

Hello all, Been reading here for quite some time and have decided to take the plunge and ask a question that has probably already been answered but, can't seem to find it anywhere. So, does anyone know a source for having wood blanks cut in bulk? I've been using lure hardware but, Kelly has been swamped lately and I'm needing them pretty quickly. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.