Let's Jitterbug

by Phil Chadwick

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16.000 x 12.000 x 1.000 inches

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Let's Jitterbug

Artist

Phil Chadwick

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Painting - Oil On Canvas

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This is from McCrae Lake, near Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay. I was canoeing with my son one afternoon and doing some fishing when these lily pads caught my eye. The water level had risen 3 feet or so and drowned the pads that had been floating on the surface. I liked the way that the water rippled on the surface of the lily pads.

The Jitterbug lure was one of the first lures I ever bought... and I love surface lures. This particular Jitterbug was probably 25 years old at the time. There is nothing quite like the sensation of a bass smashing a surface lure unless it is a 20 pound pike quietly "lipping" on it like a shark and then running for the next county. Almost every fish is released.

The title is a play on the dance craze popularized in the United States in the early 1900s. Apparently Cab Calloway wrote a song titled "Jitter Bug" in 1934. In 1945 the word "jitters" apparently derived from a spoonerism that used 'bin and jitters' for 'gin and bitters' and describes how someone under the influence of gin and bitters is likely to move.

I just liked the way the Jitterbug fishing lure skittered across the water but it is nice to know the history.

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June 23rd, 2019

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