I remember watching my neighbor carve wooden fish when I was young, Tried it a few times but didn't have the patience. Always loved woodworking, and have been making tables, boxes, chests, my bed, etc over the years. Did a lot of FW fishing when I was younger as well, got into saltwater fishing the canal with my father-in-law, and lost a lot of his plugs
He told me about SOL and building plugs, I so started making pencils and polaris's for him to use, and he would give feedback on what to change or other niche plugs that would work in different situations. Start catching a lot of fish, and people want to know what you're using!
My favorite part is designing different shapes, I waste a lot of time sketching stuff on graph paper, which doubles as a ruler when you're on the lathe (no duplicator....yet).
Least favorite part? probably was working with epoxy.