Winter weather keeping you indoors? Head to your workshop and start prepaing for your best fishing season ever with these simple, do-it-yourself projects.
Make an eel tote for carrying live eels in the surf:
Make your Sebile Stick Shads, and other plugs, Canal-ready:
Work on perfecting your wind-on leaders for tuna season:
Replace your broken rod tips:
Turn a Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper into a long-casting jig:
Make and use a dropper loop jig:
8 Steps for Winterizing Tackle
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