Aloha!
Todd from Kona, Hawaii here. I've been fishing my whole life, both freshwater and salt. Finally settled here in Hawaii and began fishing for the larger pelagic, especially the Pacific Blue Marlin.
I have many well-known trolling lure makers as friends, and like to pour my own shapes when I get the chance. I've recently been bitten with the shoreline whipping and dunking bug, so I decided to try my hand at building and painting my own as well.
So far I've finished 10 kits, with pretty good results, and have narrowed it down to a few poppers that the papio, omilu, and ulua here in Kona seem to like. Just started touch-up sanding and hardening my next batch of Salty's, and couldn't be happier with the entire process.
Look forward to many years of lure making ahead and reading/posting in this forum.
Mahalo nui loa, and A hui hou!