About Dark Water Origami

The lightning-quick strike of a King Salmon.
The sticky delight of a glazed donut from the pink box.
The big head shakes of a lunker Halibut.
The warmth of hot cocoa, heating both your belly and your frozen fingers.
The rod-bending power of a Lingcod.

Some of our best memories were forged on the water with our grandfather—reeling in fish under his watchful eye and digging into the endless bounty of snacks in his ice chest.

But one memory stands above the rest. Not just because of the fish it helped us land, but because of the curiosity it sparked.

It was a simple lure—an old copper pipe filled with lead, rigged with a treble hook. It looked crude, but it worked. And not just well—Lingcod attacked it with an almost furious intensity, as if the lure had trespassed into their domain.

Why?

Our grandfather never knew for sure. Maybe it was the sharp clang of copper bouncing off the rocks below. Maybe the mix of copper and lead created a charge the fish could sense. Maybe it was just the shine. But to him, the reason didn’t matter. What mattered was that it worked.

We’ve taken that same crude lure and refined it—evolving it into something even more effective, a true fishing lure.

If only our grandfather were still here to battle a massive Lingcod with the lure born from his wisdom.