Skully

Hmm... I completely see where you are coming from in that sense. I have seen hand crafted lures weather they be plugs or hand pours that I personally would be embarrassed to say I made, but another guy could think: "This is the best ever." In my opinion (which is worth about $.02 on a good day), quality would be in the eye of the consumer. It would seem a buyer protection or buyer satisfaction policy would be more relevant than a judging of quality type system.

I'm not really seeing the point of this. If it is being created for the purpose of being given a seal of approval by "someone" or a board of people to say I make a quality product, no offense, but that sounds ridiculous. If a potential client were to base their decision on my product based on weather or not I was a member of or was approved by an "association" I would honestly laugh at them. I've been in the tackle business since the early 90's. People know quality when they see it. I don't see how having a seal of approval by a group who proclaims they are an authority on quality and craftsmanship judging my product is beneficial other than being able to say: Hey everybody look! I'm a member of a lure association and they think I make good stuff!". Not all, but most of the people that have a hand pour business that visit this site all use the same Bob's and Del-mart production molds, pretty much have the same color selection, use the same sales pitch: "We use state of the art aluminum molds... We have the softest plastic...", ect. The only thing to really judge them on is weather or not their baits have any flashing. And a customer / retailer can easily see things such as that. Again, no offense intended. That's just the way I am seeing it. If I have the wrong picture I apologize.