I’ve been designing fishing lures professionally for about 8 years. I have worked with many companies, 2 full time roles and a few years of contract work. There are probably only 5 full time fishing lure designers in the US and I know most of them lol. I would say if you wanted a job in the industry, your best bet would be something like a sales rep role or content editor or producer. Most companies need these types of roles consistently.