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Behind the Scenes: Buzz Ramsey’s secret lure laboratory

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Buzz's Workshop!


Hre’s a little glimpse into a world not many of us ever get a chance to see…This is Buzz Ramsey’s work bench where he tunes, tweaks, trashes and tinkers on lures for Yakima Bait.

While developing the new Hawg Nose Flatfish, he spent countless hours here, trying to perfect the lure. “This photo includes many of the handmade versions of the Hawg Nose FlatFish 5.5 I made up during the development of this product,” says Ramsey. “As you can tell, it took more than a little R&D to make it meet our criteria of swimming in water speeds up to 5MPH; to develop a random skip-beat (hunting) action at 2-to-2-1/2 MPH and maintain that strike producing action all the way to 5MPH.”

Buzz Ramsey’s massive bull

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Buzz and his bull



Buzz Ramsey is probably the most recognizable salmon and steelhead angler on the planet. Normally you’ll see him in magazine articles or on TV, hoisting up some chrome monster, but the guru of graphite also knows his way around a rife as well…Ramsey just returned home from an epic moose hunt in northern B.C. where he bagged this massive 61-inch bull. His hunting partner, John Weinheimer, harvested a beautiful 55 incher on the same trip!

The guys were hunting with guide/outfitter Mike Danielson of Little Dease Ventures. According to Ramsey, the hunting area Danielson has exclusive rights to hunt contains 3,400 square miles of wilderness — an area larger than Yellowstone National Park!