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MT Outdoor Podcast: What 43 Years in Tackle Taught Bob Loomis About Ice Fishing

Ice fishing success starts with the right tackle—Bob Loomis shares 43 years of wisdom in this week’s podcast!

If Anyone Should Have Some Great Ice Fishing Tackle Ideas, it is This Guy! Bob Loomis Has Been in the Tackle Business for 43 Years?

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with Bob Loomis from Mack’s Lure, inventors of the world-famous Wedding Ring fishing lure. Bob has been on the podcast before and if you listened before then you know if there is one thing Bob knows it is fishing! Bob got his start 43 years ago at the legendary fishing rod manufacturer G. Loomis Fishing Rods working with family there. Years down the road he moved over to Mack’s Lure which is another company that has been a legend in the tackle business since 1969. Their famous product the Wedding Ring has been a staple among Kokanee fishermen for it seems forever.  But believe it or not the tackle business is not his true passion, that would be of course the act of fishing itself. This guy lives and breathes it! So as a result, when you click here to listen to this podcast you are going to get a TON of ideas of how to catch fish through the ice and most of all some fantastic suggestions of what to use to do that! You will hear Bob and Rigger talk about all kinds of different lures that will be great to catch fish and Bob goes over lots of great techniques of how to use them for the different species you may be going after. If you want to get a look at the different lures, they talk about, there are links below. Then just head to any of the Montana Outdoor Approved stores and pick up what you want to use. Click here to get info on all our Montana Outdoor Approved Stores! Course right now you need to click here and to get to listening!

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