| Decorating with old, used fishing gear is fun, | | | | tie bobbers and lures with mono filament (fishing |
| creative and inexpensive. It's pretty easy to find | | | | line). I like to use cafe curtains with curtain clips on |
| unique fishing gear to use as decorating items. | | | | these swags because they hang below the |
| Here are a few fun ideas for your fishing decor | | | | bobbers and lures. Curtains with the long tabs |
| projects. | | | | work great as well. |
| First you will need fishing gear. My husband is not | | | | Old fishing poles from yard sales are very cheap |
| the fisherman in our family, I am. So it's easy for | | | | and make great curtain rods. I especially like the |
| me to save old fishing lures that the hooks have | | | | cane poles because they are easy to cut to size. |
| dulled and gives me a great excuse to buy more | | | | Another idea is to hot glue bobbers and lures all |
| too! Bobbers have a tendency to stop floating | | | | over an old lamp base. I think the more the |
| after a few whacks on the rocks along the | | | | better on this project, totally covering the base. |
| shoreline, rendering them useless to the fisherman | | | | Of course the lamp size and your taste make a |
| but a great find for the decorator. If you | | | | difference. If it's a very large lamp or you just |
| confiscate gear from hubby's tackle box | | | | don't have enough lures and bobbers you can hot |
| remember you now know what to get him for | | | | glue solid bands, about 2 inches wide, of hemp |
| the next holiday or special occasion! | | | | rope or twine to fill in larger areas. |
| Yard sales and estate sales are great for | | | | A mobile like you see in babies rooms are fun and |
| purchasing inexpensive, used fishing equipment for | | | | add an interesting art form to your fishing decor. I |
| your decorating projects. Yard sales are less risky | | | | prefer to hang the fishing gear at different levels |
| than hubby's tackle box too. Keep an eye out for | | | | instead of all one length. Again I use twigs or |
| used fishing nets, poles, lures, bobbers, metal | | | | sticks for this projects "cross" to hang the lures, |
| stringers and other gear. | | | | bobbers etc. from and fishing line to tie it all |
| The last thing you want is your fishing decor to | | | | together. |
| smell fishy. Be sure to clean everything very | | | | Old wooden picture frames with the glass |
| carefully and thoroughly. I use alcohol for lures, | | | | removed make inexpensive picture boxes. Line a |
| bobbers and such. Good detergent and bleach for | | | | piece of thin cardboard with brown, tan or dark |
| nets. Vinegar and lemon juice work well too. | | | | green felt. You can also use fishing print fabric. Put |
| What type of decorating can you do with your | | | | this covered cardboard in the frame like you |
| accumulated treasures? This is where the fun | | | | would a picture and hot glue your treasures on |
| really begins, let your imagination shine. Here are | | | | the felt. A good trick is to use sets of three. |
| just a few ideas to get you started. Minnow | | | | Three lures, one under the other in a corner, |
| buckets make good catch all containers for | | | | three bobbers side by side for a top row, three |
| bedrooms, childrens rooms and bathrooms for | | | | hand reels in a row at the bottom for weight and |
| items like crayons, hair do-dads, brushes and | | | | one old metal stringer above the reels. |
| combs etc. If you are really crafty they can be | | | | Things I have not tried yet but are on my list to |
| turned into lamps. Buy lamp fixtures at the | | | | create include fishing lures with the hooks |
| hardware store or inexpensive narrow based | | | | removed as cabinet handles, bobbers or lures for |
| lamps that fit into the top opening of the minnow | | | | light pulls, fishing net swag around the bathroom |
| bucket. | | | | mirror and drift wood with fishing gear as a |
| Make your own fishing swag from long pliable | | | | conversation piece. |
| twigs, boat line or saining nets. Make sure you | | | | Creating your own fishing decor is fun, |
| either remove the hooks from lures and replace | | | | inexpensive and most of all you have unique |
| with twisted wire shaped like hooks or snip the | | | | decorating items for your home or cabin. Start |
| points off with heavy wire cutters. I have put | | | | collecting old fishing gear and let your imagination |
| chunks of cork on the ends of each point, these | | | | go. |
| look like baited hooks! From the twigs I randomly | | | | |