Turn an old spoon into a fishing lure that’ll catch almost anything

Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 08:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }This story was originally featured on Field & Stream.It shouldn’t come as a surprise to any angler that the shape of a spoon lure is modeled after the same kitchen utensil you use to shovel Frosted Flakes into your mouth on a daily basis. In fact, it’s likely that the first spoons ever used to catch fish—even before Lou Eppinger began mass-producing the Dardevle in the early 1900s—were kitchen spoons converted by crafty fishermen. There are hundreds of spoons available in tackle shops these days. The shapes, weights, thicknesses, patterns, and finishes you can find are practically endless. But here’s the thing: A plain old kitchen spoon retrofitted with a hook can catch just as many fish as the...

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