By Joe Cermele

By Joe Cermele

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths. – Comedian Steven Wright

Pictured below is the F2 Shakalicious Worm, the latest creation from YUM. These baits fall into the popular mass of plastics designed for the Shaky Head presentation. I'm going to go ahead and rope the Shakalicious into the "creature" category, too. But the difference between this and other creatures is that it's a skinny little thing. This poses a question of durability.

By Joe Cermele

I snagged this photo, and the idea for this post, from the Australia-based "Fishing World Blog." There are millions of lure articles out there, but I've never read one like author Sami Omari's, which discusses lures that ain't worth a lick. In the post, Omari talks about a box of lures "hidden away in a dark corner or a storage compartment somewhere on my boat...lures that are rarely swum and cursed at every sighting." I had to laugh at this because I can totally relate. We all have those lures or flies that we really want to work...but they just don't.

By Joe Cermele

Not long ago, I posted about an Oregon lure designer customizing Kwikfish with some killer (and productive) paint jobs. I hinted that adding subtle touches to your own lures isn't a bad idea. Then lo and behold, a good buddy sends me info on the lure below made by Hawaii-based Pili. The bodies are made of an absorbent urethane--kind of like skateboard wheels--and soak in the color from permanent markers, making your custom pattern, well, permanent. My question is, do you see this as a useful angling tool, or kid's art project?