The roots of his business creating intricate wooden fishing lures date to when a friend left him a piece of wood to carve a bow. With some of the leftover wood, he whittled a fishing lure and ...

Mirabile’s approach to his craft is pretty straightforward. The lures are painted pieces of wood, each a few inches long and carved in the approximate shape of certain fish. Eager to keep the ...

There is something special about catching a fish with a carved piece of painted wood or metal with attached hooks. What was ...

“Several of the manufacturers that went on to produce plastic baits, when they became available after World War II, started out by carving their lures at night out of pieces of wood. Cedar was ...