Fishing lures

[Tclem]

Any reason to not give a try at soft plastics?

He doesn’t use plastics much. I do. I’ll drag the bottom all day. Lol. We may get into that.

 

[Tclem]

If I can’t find him, he is at our pond or the neighbors.

 

[SENC]

I hear the bass LOVE curly koa!

 

[Tclem]

I hear the bass LOVE curly koa!

Grrrrrrrr. If they do, he has a piece on his dresser that he can use. But the little creep is tighter than anybody I’ve ever met. He has $2,000,000 under his mattress

 

[DLJeffs]

We have watched videos but I’m always looking for somebody to ask certain questions as we go along. If we have some mistakes. We will probably lean towards wooden lures but resin isn’t out of the questions. I’ve spent $10,000,000,000,000 already on lures for him. Hate to take him to academy or Walmart anymore. Lol

Maybe you'd be better off investing in casting and knot tying lessons?

 

[Tclem]

Maybe you'd be better off investing in casting and knot tying lessons?

He already mastered those by the time he was 3. Lol. He was in my shop tonight finding wood he wants to use. He doesn’t understand yet that Amboyna burl is not going to be used to catch a bass. Lol. I hear him in his room watching fishing videos

 

[SENC]

Amboyna is better for crappie, bass like CK and YCB. I'll send him some instructions on what woods he should look for in your shop.

 

[Tclem]

Amboyna is better for crappie, bass like CK and YCB. I'll send him some instructions on what woods he should look for in your shop.

I’ll make sure to screen all of his incoming mail but I don’t have any ck or ycb.

 

[Tclem]

Amboyna is better for crappie, bass like CK and YCB. I'll send him some instructions on what woods he should look for in your shop.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

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That fbe should do for painted popper lures. It floats nicely...

 

[SENC]

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Oh yeah! Lots of good fishing wood in there! HRB and DIW for bottom fishing (catfish love both). Curly/burly maples and walnuts work for bass until you can get him some Koa. Bream love redwood burls - well, pretty much any burl. Heck, I even see some good baits for alligator gar in that pile. Just tell him to grab that entire section of wood and set it aside.

 

[ripjack13]

Tony, that's a good info video.

My grandson wants to make lures too. So of course he's doing the same thing in my wood stash.
DIW for catfish, the FBE for a popper, and some lacewood because it looked cool.
I bought a Panashe airbrush gun to get some finesse going on the paint jobs.
I have this page in my bookmarks, https://www.lurebuilding.nl/indexeng.html , Click the lure links on the left side of the page (on pc) and it takes you to a bunch of different designs you can print out for reference/patterns later.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

http://learnhowtomakefishinglures.b...ow-to-choose-pattern-or-template-for.html?m=1
Patterns and templates... I guess, I will have to make one or two to see how they work. I understand 6 to 8 coats of oil paint is the old standard coating over cedar for floaters and often mahogany and lead for sinking baits

 

[Nature Man]

A friend of mine in Oregon has made lures for years. You might get some ideas from his Web site. Chuck

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