DULUTH — In the dusky, dusty basement of his West Duluth home — don’t forget to duck going down the stairs — Ed Forrestal works his magic with plastic and metal, epoxy and paint. Forrestal is the ...

We weren’t on the water long before fishing guide “Big Ed” Franko pulled out his hand-painted fishing lures. He’s proud of them and probably should be. The plastic square bills, deep divers and jerk ...

A Mississippi teenager with a love of fishing combined that passion with his enjoyment of painting and the outcome was hand-painted fishing lures that are not only catching fish, they're catching ...

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CHILLICOTHE, Ill. – Paul Clay is one of the few Peoria-area anglers who still sell their own custom-made fishing lures. His first creation was a piece of plastic worm with rubber bands tied here and ...

Fishing lures, whether big or small, I love them all. Lifelong anglers will never be satisfied with their lures, even when they fill several boxes and get beyond the practical reality of what they can ...