Hello from over the pond

Hello to everyone, I am a keen fisherman here in Uk.
If it swims I'll fish for it; bait, fly or lure!
My mate is wanting to target our bass with light tackle & lures/plugs this season, so I was looking to see how you lot do it over here. Bass are Bass, wherever they swim.
A lot of interesting threads & the plug-building ones have got me thinking..
So I've started a new hobby to go with the fly-tying, float making, rig design, etc.
FJR has kindly let me try to copy one of his desingns (thanks again Frank), so I will post a pic of my very first plug sometime. Give you all a laugh!
Anyway, nice to meet you & if anyones ever over here & needs advice on uk fishing (Scotland is great!), glad to help.
Jim.

Hope ya like it here

welcome aboard injoy your stay

Thanks for the 'hellos'; I'm already enjoying it, thankyou! Getting into the plug-building & learning loads. You lot are making some quite amazing lures, paint-jobs to die for...

Damm Brits are taking over lol

Jim welcome I hope you post some of your work as it will be interesting to see how fish catching items differ from ones here in the USA.
Again aboard Jim

Thanks Charlie. Will do.
Have mostly used plugs to fish shallow rough ground with a flooding tide (we get BIG tides over here, as much as 35 feet on Somerset's North Coast), so the tide-rip can be fierce. Target species for the bass are small rock-living species, such as wrasse & blennies, sandeels, mackerel & what we call whitebait or brit (small silver juveniles of various ocean-roaming species), depending on time of year. The season is pretty well May to October, with the fish moving offshore in the colder months; though I had a 2 pounder in December, on bait & an 8 pounder on the last day of October on a soft plastic, deep over a reef.
Our fish are not nearly as big as yours, with the record at 19 pounds.
I've got 5 plugs almost finished now & the learning curve is STEEP, ouch. Am really enjoying it, love the hand-carving, something primeaval about it; the feel & smell of the wood, drawing out the fish-shape, getting it just right, pleasing to the eye..
I do it all with my great Boker knife (German), if you don't know these knives, get to.. their quality speaks for itself. It's hard work but I can do it OK.
The paint-jobs have been the challenge. Whew, nerve-racking stuff; Been using rattle-cans (like using a lump-hammer for panel-pins!) but getting the hang of it, using the edge of the spray-cone..
Will invest in lathe, airbrush, etc. now the holidays are over; ADVICE PLEASE, any pointers really appreciated.. will search for threads on here, too.
Also, how do I load a photo? When I click the image icon, a box appears & it wants a 'URL', not good with these things (give me a gundog to train, a child to amuse , a lamb to birth, wood to cut, a cabin to build.. technology is a struggle for me), what is this & how does it work please??

Cheers, Charlie & everybody,
Jim.

Hi Jim

Looking forward to more posts, interesting to see how it's done in other parts of the world.

Posting a photo is done with the host an image icon, after it's hosted use right click copy and paste.