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Assemble Backboards With Flex Glue Apply Flex Glue just like you would use wood glue

We recommend using a very light coating of worm oil in the mold to allow easy extraction and glossy / shiny effect on the soft plastic lures

A word of warning: When it comes to using Squid in particular, there is a relatively decent chance you can hook into a small Blacktip Shark as this is one of their favorite foods

My finishing techniques were developed over several years of frustration and false starts, it is still the single most time consuming part of building these landing nets

The skills Id learned on the rivers back East didnt seem to apply here, or perhaps they just werent sufficient

For me it was even more significant