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Never before has bait maintenance been so simple!

Available in 4 styles: Original, Mini, Can of Worms and Bait Bucket. All options offer easy access lids, allowing you to keep up to 12 dozen crawlers fresh all day long. Bait capacity: Original holds up to 12 dozen crawlers, Mini holds up to 4 dozen crawlers, Can of Worms holds up to 8 dozen crawlers and the Bait Bucket holds up to 12 dozen crawlers or a multitude of other types of bait. For product descriptions, please click on the shop button and check out the individual product descriptions.

Hagen’s Wire Former

The bench mountable wire former (96-10-10) is constructed out of anodized machined aluminum with the heavy wear points constructed of heat treated tool steel. For use with .018 to .041 diameter wire. It is created for either right or left handed operation and includes the components for both the 1/8″ and 3/16″ inside diameter loop options. It also has optional add-ons available including the Musky Lure Adaptor (96-11-11), the Small Diameter Loop Option (96-11-12) and the Haywire Twist Knot (96-11-13) for wire diameters ranging from .018 to .043.

How to Make a Walleye Rig

Grab a couple floats, beads and a spinner blade with clevis and string them on to your snelled hook. Finish by tying a loop on the end of your line to attach your swivel to. Keep things tidy with Hagen’s Snell Holder.

How to use Hagen’s Snell Holder

For a tangle-free way to store your snells, Hagen’s offers our Snell Holder (64-30-09). They are very easy to use. Attach your hook to the center hole of the holder and wrap your line tightly around the side of the holder. Tuck the tail of your line into one of the grooves along the border of the holder to hold your snell firmly in place.

How to Attach a Split Ring

Use the Xuron Grip Split Ring Pliers to make adding split rings easy for all your favorite casting spoons.

Tie A Snelled Hook

Start with about six feet of line, thread the hook and wrap about six times, grab the other end of your line and go back through the eye and pull tight. Trim the tail end. Wrap your snell around your favorite storage product to keep your lines organized and tangle free.

How to Make a Jig Spinner

Using the Xuron Grip Split Ring Pliers (60-01-10) add a split ring and swivel to your spinner blade of choice. Hook your swivel onto the end of the wire and grab a needle nose pliers (60-10-10) and pinch the ring gap closed, securing your spinner blade. Next grab your jig head of choice, thread the plastic body onto the hook. Slide your jig head onto the other end of the Jig Spinner Wire and pinch the wire into the lock position.

How to make a Spinner with a Full Dressed Treble

Using your Hagen’s Professional Wire Former (96-10-10) take your wire into the tool creating your R bend. Slide your dressed treble into the R bend. Load the wire and treble into the upper form on the Wire former. Push the handle down, making sure to hold it secure while you crank the right side handle around until you hear a click sound signifying that it’s done. Then slide your beads and brass body parts onto the wire. Finish up by sliding a clevis and spinner blade on after your beads. Load the wire on the lower R bend form before moving it to the upper form, holding down the handle and turning the right handle until you hear the finishing click.

Humpy fly tying tutorial:

Some consider the Humpy to be one of the greatest flies of all time. It floats high and lands softly on the water. Oh….and it catches fish. The light variation imitates a number of insects and acts as a great dry dropper lead fly. Tie some up today! #larvalace #fliesthatcatchfish #KISS #flyfishing #humpy #dryfly

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RS2 Emerger Fly tying tutorial:

Tiny emergers can be the best way to trick fish on a feeding streak, especially when you are unsure about what they are feeding on. RS2’s can be tied in a variety of colors, but dun, pale yellow, and black are ideal. Fish these deep or mid column during autumn reservoir fishing days, or just in the film on a slow moving stretch of stream. Either way, trout will not be able to resist. #larvalace #fliesthatcatchfish #KISS #flyfishing #RS2 #emerger #puresilk

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Tying the Electric Dread Shrimp:

The Electric Dread is a shrimp pattern from the late Cordell Baum Jr., aka The Bonefish Whisperer. The original tying instructions can be found on his facebook page, but this variation covers many of the bases, without some of the eccentricities. The Bonefish Whisperer had caught a lot of big Biscayne Bay fish on this pattern, so it is a must have for any fly box facing fish living on darker bottoms, in turtle grass, or around coral. Tie some up today and share the success! #electricdread #larvalace  #flytying #saltwater #shrimp #flatsfishing #flyfishing

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How to use Hagen’s Industrial Skirt Expander Tool

Hagen’s Industrial Skirt Expander Tool (61-02-10) is constructed out of anodized aluminum and is fully adjustable including course adjustment and fine adjustment. It offers ample working clearance for use when making spinner bait assemblies. Slide a band onto the prongs of the Industrial Skirt Expander Tool. Spread arms apart using the adjustable lock-open position to allow for hands free assembly. Take your untied skirt and slide it through the open band. Close it up and finish by snipping the ends off the untied skirt.

Easy mouse fly tying tutorial: White Belly Deer Mouse Fly

Mouse fly patterns come in all shapes, sizes and colors. The Deer Mouse has an iconic white belly that makes it an easy target for big fish looking up. The foam back and belly add to the buoyancy of this big patter, and make a big “V” wake that large fish can’t resist. Tie up some white belly deer mice for your predator box, and give them a shot on any ponds, rivers or streams around which deer mouse reside. #deermouse #larvalace #flytying #KISS #predatorflyfishing #mousing #whitebelly

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How to make a Spinner Bait

To make a spinner bait you take a banded skirt and slide the band over the prongs then open the band using the adjustable lock-open position on the tool. Slide the spinner bait head through the band. Slide off the prongs and fan skirting out as needed around the head. Add your clevis and smaller spinner blade followed by your beads. After the beads have been added, take the spinner bait head over to your wire-forming tool and add a partial loop to the end. Slide the swivel of your second spinner blade setup onto the little loop. Then using a needle nose pliers close the loop around your dressed spinner blade (with split ring and swivel).

How to use Hagen’s Coil Bending Tool

Hagen’s Coil Bending Tool (96-30-30) offers right or left-handed operation. It includes components for both 1/8” and 3/16” diameter loop options. It can handle .018 – .041 diameter wire shaft. Starting off, slide the wire into the Coil Bending Tool and turn down the screw that holds the wire in place. After securing the wire, you just turn the handle to create your coil.