I can't see well enough to tie small flies on a leader anymore.
So I've started making lures.
On youtube there are a zillion tutorials on making your own plugs.
It looks like it takes about a week for each one.
This is a blank with no adornments yet. I'll glue on some eyes and sew in some flashy stuff eventually. It's about 1/3oz so it's plenty heavy enough to throw with a bait casting rig. You can make them extra heavy or light enough to cast with a 4wt fly rod.
And I can make a half a dozen per hour--rather than one per week.
Packing foam, a slip sinker buried in the foam, a diving bill snipped from an Orange Juice bottle, Super Glue and a snelled hook.
The fly rod versions catch fish like crazy. I haven't actually fished any of these plugs yet. I just started making them yesterday. I'm pretty sure I have a spin rod that works. I'll have to dig it out. I'll be buying bass outfit soon.
This thing dives and wobbles like a daemon. In the bath tub anyway.