Captain Pat "T-Man" Renna: "The most productive and reliable method of catching striped bass I know of is trolling the Tube'n Worm". For years I have been slow trolling the Connecticut River and the shores of Long Island Sound using many different commercial and homemade tubes. After experimenting with a wide variety of materials, colors and lengths I have created the T-Man Striper Tube & Quick Change Weighted Keel Trolling System. By using this sytem it's simple to deliver the Tube & Worm to the desired depth using light braided line outfits. The T-Man Striper Tube has become one of the most popular ways to catch striped bass along the northeast coast. Every one of my tubes and weighted keels are hand made using top quality components. I am thrilled to now make them available to all anglers through this website. I sincerely hope that the products you purchase on this site will enhance your fish catching capabilities and make your time on the water more productive!
Mark Sanner (aka "Fuzzy"): "Confidence in my gear is a critical part of catching fish consistently and using the highest quality components in my bait rigs is what does it for me."
These Beyond Bait Rigs are my go-to rigs, the ones I use when I really need to put stripers, fluke, tautog, or porgy in the boat.
Since I love to fish, love to experiment, and love to tinker, I created my own bait rigs and tested them on the water. I gave them to friends and relatives, young novices and old salts. I figured out what worked and what didn't. I tinkered some more, field tested again and again, and eventually brought the deadliest rigs together for your fishing enjoyment.
Joseph Wojtan: "Eighty percent of the flies you find in sporting good store are made over seas with inexpensive hooks and materials, sometimes they fall apart after only a few casts" My Striper & Bluefish Selection is made from all the best components. These are the materials I have come to depend on after years of fly tying experience. A lot of patience, pride and dedication goes into each fly I make. Fly fishermen will be thrilled with the quality of my flies and the success they will have using them.
Ron Barbour (aka "Kapt"): "I have been experimenting with my own version of the popular "willow leaf" for some 7 years now. I feel I have perfected size and color patterns in my "Pirate Leafs" which outfish any I have found available commercially. Originally designed to catch Blueback Herring and American Shad, my "Pirate Leafs" are also deadly on Trout, Bass, Perch, Hickory Shad and Snapper Bluefish!! After making these lures for years for myself and getting numerous requests from fellow fishermen each spring, I have decided to make them available to the general public with all the other great handcrafted products here on T-Man's Custom Tackle Website. "I hope you enjoy fishing with my "Pirate Leafs" as much as I enjoy building them!!"
Tight Lines Everyone!!...... Kapt
Mark Dysinger (aka "Dble Haul"): "After spending many years tying for a variety of shops and independently for select clients, I have teamed up with T-Man Custom Tackle, LLC to offer a couple cost effective fly selections. Every fly in each kit is handmade with only the best quality hooks and materials. Both my
"Albie & Bonito Assortments" and my "Panfish Assortments" contain flies which have been tested and proven to catch fish!!!
