There are a great many hobbies out there that people get involved in. Sometimes people start with a hobby because of a family connection and sometimes they are just looking for something that appeals to them. The reasons people do these things are as varied as the people doing it. Collectible fishing lures is much the same way.
There is a rich and storied history behind the sport. People have been fishing in various ways for a great many years. It goes back through the generations. Live bait was also not the only way that people caught fish either. It was not a stretch to figure out that you could catch fish with artificial lures.
Once people figured out how to make such things the craft took off. More and more people wanted the baits because it meant that they would not have to go out searching for and catching live bait before every fishing trip. When you are fishing with tackle, or with a rod and reel it is mostly for sport. Sure you can do it this way for food as well.
Many of the companies that exist today were around back then making baits for maybe ten people. Some of them started out as just a back yard hobby. Simply because one fisherman wanted a bait that looked and worked like he alone wanted. Once he started to have success with his creation other people wanted to know what he was using.
Once they found out that it was artificial and that he made it himself they wanted him to make one for them. It sounds like a very simple story but it is just how some of these companies started. After a while they needed more and more people to keep up with demand and then a larger and larger company was put in its place. Such is the story of many great American companies.
Fishing is a sport that is fun for all ages and the people who collect these baits are just as varied as the people who use them. Many children love to collect these because it gives them a chance to learn the history of a sport that does not have a great deal of people writing books about it. It also gives them an opportunity to speak with people they would never have met otherwise.
These baits were made in the past from wood and various other materials. One of the most surprising factors about the older ones is the amount of hooks that were put on each one. Sometimes as many as 7 to 10 hooks were used on some of the larger ones. Today a bait of the same type would only have three hooks. That is a huge difference.
Collectible fishing lures have been around for a very long time and they will continue to be around for a very long time. The numbers of people who are fishing today has remained fairly steady for many years. The sport has survived the great depression and many other disasters and will continue to do so. Fishing will remain a popular sport for young and old alike.
There is a rich and storied history behind the sport. People have been fishing in various ways for a great many years. It goes back through the generations. Live bait was also not the only way that people caught fish either. It was not a stretch to figure out that you could catch fish with artificial lures.
Once people figured out how to make such things the craft took off. More and more people wanted the baits because it meant that they would not have to go out searching for and catching live bait before every fishing trip. When you are fishing with tackle, or with a rod and reel it is mostly for sport. Sure you can do it this way for food as well.
Many of the companies that exist today were around back then making baits for maybe ten people. Some of them started out as just a back yard hobby. Simply because one fisherman wanted a bait that looked and worked like he alone wanted. Once he started to have success with his creation other people wanted to know what he was using.
Once they found out that it was artificial and that he made it himself they wanted him to make one for them. It sounds like a very simple story but it is just how some of these companies started. After a while they needed more and more people to keep up with demand and then a larger and larger company was put in its place. Such is the story of many great American companies.
Fishing is a sport that is fun for all ages and the people who collect these baits are just as varied as the people who use them. Many children love to collect these because it gives them a chance to learn the history of a sport that does not have a great deal of people writing books about it. It also gives them an opportunity to speak with people they would never have met otherwise.
These baits were made in the past from wood and various other materials. One of the most surprising factors about the older ones is the amount of hooks that were put on each one. Sometimes as many as 7 to 10 hooks were used on some of the larger ones. Today a bait of the same type would only have three hooks. That is a huge difference.
Collectible fishing lures have been around for a very long time and they will continue to be around for a very long time. The numbers of people who are fishing today has remained fairly steady for many years. The sport has survived the great depression and many other disasters and will continue to do so. Fishing will remain a popular sport for young and old alike.
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