Wild Art Wednesday
OWN a Piece of Padre History
It never occurred to me that Grandma was doing some historical mining when she would stop at the postcard display – you remember those spinning rounders that sat at the registers on South Padre right? – and she would take not one, but two, three sometimes even five postcards of the same and add them to the bill. (If you don’t know what a postcard is? Just ask me. It goes way back to the days of the “post office.”)
A few survived long enough for me to dig them up and after spending my time on South Padre Island in late 2022 halfway into 2023, I recognized them as valuable timepieces that show what the Island once was. They don’t go quite back to my first memories of South Padre Island in the early 60’s, but those aerials certainly capture an island on the cusp of being changed forever.
And the innocence of beach combing couples belied the tumult of the Island’s late 60’s hippie invasion, that by the early 70’s was just another memory.
I only have a few originals, so I decided to do better, and now have these reproductions for purchase in my SHOP. If you are unfamiliar with framing, then let me explain the description on the postcards … when an image is “floated” that means they are printed (by me archivally) on an oversize sheet of quality photo paper. That makes them ripe for quality framing, and that is a service I also offer for all the artwork in my gallery. Quality prints in quality frames for artwork with South Padre Island, and Borderlands
Sold nowhere but here, the sand bass Clouser is unique for one and only one reason; it is tied on the nearly extinct Mustad 39994 #4 Circle Jig hook. It is a typical Clouser pattern RED X WHITE tied by me, but is especially great because of the circle hook which is no longer made by Mustad. This fly is NOT to be considered a saltwater fly because that hook is not a saltwater hook.
Watch my video to learn why this is such a great fly for the Texas sand bass runs, and be sure to check out the HOOK! This hook is sold separately so that you can tie your own version, and change colors on a baseline bass hook that never quits sticking.
Not An Import! TIED BY PoP in TEXAS!
