January 20th, 2011 | 11:11 am | by xtrachewy | Comments
Just before the Christmas break I got an email from one of Evergreen’s pro staffers saying Christmas had come early, right away I asked that he send pics and explain! Not only did he respond with a show and tell, but he actually passed around a little something to feel on (insert smiley here).
January 16th, 2011 | 5:36 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
In an era of computer-aided design (CAD) molds and mass production it’s hard to imagine sometimes just how things were made before technology took off. It’s been said Native American’s have been using spearing decoy’s for 100’s if not 1000’s of years, hooks and casting net weights have been found since Egypt’s 1st Dynasty and [...]
November 22nd, 2010 | 1:31 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
I’m not sure how many of you know about Mr. Pat Cullen, but a friend sent me a link to an article with him not long ago. While big baits and jigs remain standard fair out here in California for trophy fishermen, Mr. Cullen has been doing it for decades with just a small arsenal [...]
November 21st, 2010 | 1:36 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
Was asked to paint up some baits in a Kokanee pattern and shot these baits up recently. Hard to tell by the pics but the soft plastic baits have three different types of silver flake. Have a Koke and smile! ha alright I’ll stop….
October 26th, 2010 | 10:56 am | by zander | Comments
I’m excited, with all the rain and bad weather lately its been hard to get out and fish but this weekend there is something to satisify those fishing cravings. Yes, it’s that time again! BassJam 2010 will take place for one day only and is a treat for bass anglers here in Northern California. If [...]
October 26th, 2010 | 9:54 am | by zander | Comments
After a few weeks things are really starting to take shape here at the new lab. With construction officially done and our main fixtures dropped in we can prep our imaging equipment which includes an assortment of lighting and camera gear. Cal has been busy calibrating and I have started moving over some of our [...]
October 22nd, 2010 | 3:31 pm | by xtrachewy | Comments
Between restoring an old Itallianette Victorian home in San Francisco and getting in some much needed fishing time I’ve fallen back a bit on tog posts. Recently I spent some time catching up on some of my repaint work and thought I’d take a few snaps.
Below are lures that have been shot with various primers [...]
October 18th, 2010 | 11:24 am | by zander | Comments
Lights, lights and more lights were set up on Sunday in the lab’s imaging area. This is the area where we will take a lot of our product images that are not out in the field. We installed our old poles and lighting as well as new video lights. The current setup can now accommodate everything [...]
October 17th, 2010 | 7:21 pm | by zander | Comments
Saturday we arrived at the lab with renewed enthusiasm, no more backbreaking work on the floor, no more dusty drywall and no more painting… it was time to start dropping in some of our fixtures. The lab was starting to take shape and after putting up our first few benches we decided it was finally [...]
October 12th, 2010 | 10:55 pm | by zander | Comments
Cal put in a full day at the lab today sanding down the new drywall joints and painting all the edges, most labor intensive of which was a concrete wall which is full of gaps between the blocks and had to be painted with a brush. It did a real number on his wrists which [...]
October 10th, 2010 | 11:05 pm | by zander | Comments
Cal and I got up early again for another full day of work on the new lab and I must say it was a whole lot easier rolling out of bed knowing that the floor work was finally in the rear view mirror. Today the plan was the framing up of the new office as well as [...]
October 9th, 2010 | 9:56 pm | by zander | Comments
Last week I thought busting up old tile in the lab was going to be the toughest part of the job, I spoke too soon. Five hours into scraping off the mortar and linoleum that was underneath the tile and we were losing steam. At the end we had to rest five minutes for every [...]
October 3rd, 2010 | 9:36 pm | by zander | Comments
Sunday started out with a few games, the Niners which was rough and the Giants which finally won the West, after that it was back to work on the new lab. There was a little bit of a psychological barrier going into today as I knew it was going to be “Tile Hell” and we [...]
October 3rd, 2010 | 12:58 am | by zander | Comments
We have wanted to expand our lab for some time and this summer when we decided to invest in some more line test equipment we found that we simply didn’t have the room for it. So out of necessity the time has come to expand both our test and imaging lab as well as find [...]
September 30th, 2010 | 7:55 am | by Cal | Comments
It’s been pretty quiet over in the Mattlures camp since our tour with their hardbaits a couple of years ago. Last year at the first annual Bass Jam, we did see his new, ultra realistic soft trout, but the market for trout baits seems to have really cooled off since the new Fish and Game [...]
September 28th, 2010 | 5:51 am | by Cal | Comments
All too often in our daily lives and recreational pursuits, we lose sight of the bigger picture. We get focused in on the next deadline, the next sale, even that next fish. What we do and how it affects those around is often becomes secondary.
This morning, I was made aware of a cause that’s trying [...]
September 15th, 2010 | 5:02 pm | by Cal | Comments
Jigs jigs jigs… bass fishermen can’t seem to get enough of them. Two years ago, in our football jig roundup, we talked about a very promising jig that sold for a mere $1.99. Really hard to beat at that price point except for the fact it came with a no-name hook of questionable gauge. We [...]
Word continues to trickle in post ICAST regarding companies’ new products and colors for the coming seasons. Shortly after our return from Vegas, we received a message from our friends over at Reaction Innovations regarding their plans for 2011.
First up are two new colors for their popular 6.5″ Flirt Worm or Big Flirt. Road Kill [...]
August 11th, 2010 | 9:38 am | by xtrachewy | Comments
Sticking with the ongoing swimming lure theme (and unintended French theme) next up is the French Sosy. Packaged as “The Extra-Animated Flexible Lure” the Sosy is still in production and made by the same family owned company in France Delalande Lures. Production began on this lure around the late 70’s and grew at a fast [...]
With the micro-guided fishing rod craze in full effect, fishermen from all around who are accustomed to fishing braid with a fluoro, mono, or copoly leader are bemoaning the fact their favorite line setups won’t work with these diminutive guides. We’ve been fishing micro-guided rods since the Fall of 2009 and thanks to the folks [...]
