Online Exhibit of Sweet Crankbait Art

January 28, 2009

Finkbuilt asked:

"What would happen if you shipped 20 unassembled old-timey wooden fishing lure kits off to be finished by a bunch of artists?"

The answer has turned out to be a collection of pretty distinctive lures, including a tiki theme and my personal favorite, the VW bus. The lures were also featured in Outdoor Life Magazine. Finkbuilt is a blog written by one of Disney's UI designers, and actually has a lot of interesting posts, like this one on how to repair a vintage BMW dashboard, or this one about building a coffee table from plans out of a 1953 Mechanix Illustrated Magazine.

The masthead also features a pretty nice retro outboard motor.

Here's the Crankbait gallery - click through to see details from the artists. Here's a link to the Finkbuilt blog.

Posted by Josh St. John on January 28, 2009 at 11:25 AM in Elsewhere, Lure Making | Permalink

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Here's more pics of my baits. You can find more about JSJ Baits in general at my other website www.jsjbaits.com

I visited Lake Shasta in Oct 2008 to check out the historic low waters, which were at 29% of full, or about 130 feet below normal. It was a great chance to get a fish-eye view of the lake bed.

Here is a collection of photos from my swimbait fishing outings as well as friends and pics submitted by readers of the Wired Angler. Send me your big fish pics and the story that goes with it to me at wiredangler@gmail.com