Handcrafting fishing lures that look like real-life insects, birds, and small animals is hard, painstaking work. But Pat Cohen has made a career of taking deer hair and peacock feathers and turning them into fishing magic.
But out of pain came inspiration—a prototype for the Fugly Packer, an oversize steel contraption, powder-coated in bright green, now sold worldwide. True to name, it’s not elegant. But it gets the job done, allowing deer hair to be compressed tight and full, all in the name of the ultimate fly. It’s one of the many tools that Cohen sells to the scattered armies of professional and hobbyist fly tiers around the globe, who use them to handcraft fuzzy lures meant to hook bass, trout, salmon, and other fresh- and saltwater fish.
By Justin Ocean | Nov. 17, 2015
Video and Photographs by Zach Goldstein
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