Working with wire

[SkunkedAgain]

I agree Pat, for me the hands on is much better than any other type learning and I totally agree the tackle craft is pretty over whelming for a newbee just looking into it.... I realize from the onset that it's not about saving money, like I did with building my own ice rods, i could have bought them way cheaper than I built them, but like you said being able to customize your rod to what you want is what makes it great... My first ones I didn't know what i wanted so I trusted the company knew what ice anglers were looking for and for 3 out of 4 in my original kit they hit a home run... The other one was the same as I already had in a shorter version, which I wasn't really into... but in came in handy as my original build so i made my screw ups on that one, which really weren't too bad... worst problem I had was one batch of epoxy must not have had a proper amount of hardener so it's kind of sticky... Anyway I need to find a way to sort of dip my toe in building my tackle without going full in to a new hobby, I don't have time for the master of the tackle trade, but I'd like to be able to do what I'll use, which really isn't too much, since farming limits my summer fun... Anyway, I'll check out YouTube when I get a chance, since I cancelled my Netflix, I need something besides ice fishing videos to spend all my YouTube time... thanks for broadening my understanding... Later J