I was born on July 4th, 1967 in Springfield, Ohio. I lived in the Springfield/Urbana area most of my childhood. I moved to Illinois with my future wife in 1988. One of my first friends here in Illinois was a fellow by the name of Chad Snyder. He and I spent many hours fishing together in local area stripmine ponds and lakes. He introduced me to lure collecting a couple years after we met. That led me into carving lures for my own personal use. I found it was a little harder than it looked to make a lure that was well balanced and would really catch fish. So, I let the lure making go for a while, but instead got into carving small duck and goose decoys for Christmas presents for family members and local benefit auctions. I really hadn't made many lures for several years and then somehow I stumbled onto a website called Lure Wizards. I sat back and watched for a year or so and admired the work that was being done by all the carvers there. Then, in late 2004, Larry Shanker of Legendary Lures announced a "lure swap"(Itty Bitty Bluegill Bugs was the theme), and I couldn't resist the thought of carving a few bug -sized lures and putting a unique paint job on them. After all was said and done with that swap, I found that it became almost like therapy for me to go to my garage and make a few chips every so often. I believe everyone should find the one thing (like lure carving) that is their therapy. My hope is that everyone who ever holds one of my carvings in their hands will enjoy it as much as I enjoy making them, whether it be a lure, duck or anything else I happen to whittle out of a piece of wood.

These are some examples of my work. If you like my work and would like to order some lures please email me.

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These are some fine examples of Frank's work.