BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 1, 2022
Steve Alekshun is the proud purveyor of other fishing tackle: small lures and large lures — some with blades, others featuring hair or beads — along with numerous color schemes and patterns. “I’m not a fly fisherman,” he said, unapologetically. “The dressing on the hook is basically like tying a fly, but I don’t fly fish. I fish a spinning rod.” “I just put together patterns that I wanted to try — colors and sizes and designs — fished them and caught fish with them,” he said. He shared the lures among friends, who also caught fish, and word spread that Alekshun’s lures often produced. That led to making multiple copies of the fish-catching lures and selling them not only to friends and acquaintances, but also to local businesses.