Saltwater flies from local glassblower

[Byron haugh]

Stopped in at the local glass blower's shop with visiting tourists from the mainland.

Saw these and thought someone might be interested.

[Uncle Jesse]

That is just what I need, a lure I can not only lose but break. I am sure those will catch some fishermen or friends or family of fishermen. They are very pretty however.

[Byron haugh]

I believe they are more as art than for actual use, Jesse......

[Buddy Sanders]

Actually...

Those are very useable. I doubt you could cast them a fly rod, they'd be pretty heavy, but unless you hit a rock, they wouldn't break in normal use.

The glass 'beads' they are made out of are thick and made from a very strong and durable glass.

I've made jigging spoon type lures and some spinner bodies in the past, and they have held up well and caught lots of fish.

Good Luck!

Buddy

[Byron haugh]

I would be reluctant to try using them at $20 each before knowing how well they actually held up.

[Uncle Jesse]

Byron, you need to run through the price list on bass lures. $20 is not unusual now days for some lures. The 8' SPRO BBZ-1 Swimbait is $37 each.

[Ed_D]

Byron, you need to run through the price list on bass lures. $20 is not unusual now days for some lures. The 8' SPRO BBZ-1 Swimbait is $37 each.

...And suddenly fly fishing becomes the economical alternative, well, unless you get into fly tying...

Regards,
Ed

[AllenOK]

Heck, BPS has a jointed hard-body swimbait that sells for $50. I'd be scared to use that in most of the areas I fish; to many snags.

I also assemble some in-line spinners. Mepps has a BIG one in their catalog that sells for over $35. I've been working on something similar that I could do, probably going to cost me about $15 in parts. Still not sure if I want to risk loosing that.