Northland Tackle: Hair Today, Tinsel Tomorrow

Northland® Fishing Tackle’s refined & retuned blasts from the past that boat tons of fish

BEMIDJI, Minn. (April 29, 2024) – Although new walleye fishing techniques are being developed all the time, savvy anglers are keen on digging through the past, rediscovering effective baits and methods that may have fallen out of the limelight.

Like hair and tinsel jigs. Going back to World War II, a hair jig was included in most military survival kits. Why? They catch fish when you’d need it most, stranded and starving, waiting for rescue. That says a lot.

Hair – either bucktail, marabou, or other fluff – has been used for decades upon decades of walleye runs, too. Same thing for tinsel.

And guess what? They still…READ MORE

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