by RichRousseau (Author)
Award-winning carver and fishing enthusiast Rich Rousseau shares his fish-tested designs for creating a variety of fresh and saltwater lures. These are fun and easy projects for anyone who enjoys fishing, carving or collecting. It includes a full-colour gallery of historic and contemporary wooden lures, accompanied by an introduction from top collector Butch Bartz. Making a usable fishing lure from a scrap of wood and some paint is a fun and easy project for anyone who enjoys fishing, carving or collecting. Divided into three main chapters this covers everything from what to know about choosing the right wood, types of lures, extra options to add to a lure, how to dress a hook and full-sized bonus patterns to help develop skills. Along with the wonderful lures that can be made by hand, there is a full-colour gallery of historic and contemporary wooden lures, accompanied by an introduction from top collector Butch Bartz. Rousseau's love of lure making and fishing in general is evident in the Fun Fish Facts and entertaining stories that are littered throughout.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 176
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Fox Chapel
Published: 07 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 1565234464
ISBN 13: 9781565234468
For the avid fisher among you, get hooked with this useful and fun guide on how to make your own fishing lures...This is definitely a great guide for all you carvers who enjoy a, spot of fishing. Put this on your Christmas list! - Woodcarving Magazine, UK Divided into three main chapters, this book covers everything you need to know about wood, types of lures and how to rig them up. Along with the wonderful lures you can make yourself, you will be reeled in by the full colour gallery of historic and contemporary wooden lures, accompanied by an introduction from top collector Butch Bartz. - Boat Fishing Monthly If spring has sprung, it's possible, just possible, that you have hobbies that may somelimes take you outside the shop. If one of those hobbies is fishing, you may find it fun to combine your two interests wilh the new book from Fox Chapel Publishing, Making Wooden Fishing Lures by Rich Rousseau. - Woodworker's Journal Intended for fishers who
For the avid fisher among you, get hooked with this useful and fun guide on how to make your own fishing lures...This is definitely a great guide for all you carvers who enjoy a, spot of fishing. Put this on your Christmas list! - Woodcarving Magazine, UK Divided into three main chapters, this book covers everything you need to know about wood, types of lures and how to rig them up. Along with the wonderful lures you can make yourself, you will be reeled in by the full colour gallery of historic and contemporary wooden lures, accompanied by an introduction from top collector Butch Bartz. - Boat Fishing Monthly If spring has sprung, it's possible, just possible, that you have hobbies that may somelimes take you outside the shop. If one of those hobbies is fishing, you may find it fun to combine your two interests wilh the new book from Fox Chapel Publishing, Making Wooden Fishing Lures by Rich Rousseau. - Woodworker's Journal Intended for fishers who are handy with a carving knife, this book will also appeal to fishing-lure collectors. - Library JournalFishers pay big bucks at outfitters for these lures so it could save you a lot of money. In fact, make it a cottage business for yourself. If you do any fishing at all, you will love this book. - Shortcuts