Thread: Lure making

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Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Works of art. Do you sell them?

Nah i pretty much get too attached to them but this one and a few others have been given away.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Nah i pretty much get too attached to them but this one and a few others have been given away.

Probably need to sell them for $500 to be worth doing. Way more satisfying gifting handmade stuff to mates, and using it yoursel.


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Originally Posted by MSL

Probably need to sell them for $500 to be worth doing. Way more satisfying gifting handmade stuff to mates, and using it yoursel.


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Yeah bang on. Id need to throw down some big coin to set up a workshop and then quit my day job. Got a mate that does it full time, lots of hours to make enough to live off

Yeah, and then the fun is gone


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they look amazing, nice job

Hey @Gibo. They look amazing. I found a large x-rap washed up on 90 Mile a few months back. The bib has been snapped off. Reckon it is repairable with epoxying a new bib or would I be wasting my time? Thought it might be a fun little project...

Yeah man give it a go, might be a stronger option to cut the old bib out and try and replace the whole thing, id say if it was just repaired on the surface it would just break again, needs to be pretty strong.

if you made something 20-30mm long and weighing 10-15 grms ,at most, I would be MORE THAN WILLING to try it out in fresh water for you.as Im sure just about EVERYONE would LOL......red fin perch or brown trout or orange or flouro seems to work well for us in usual haunts....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

if you made something 20-30mm long and weighing 10-15 grms ,at most, I would be MORE THAN WILLING to try it out in fresh water for you.as Im sure just about EVERYONE would LOL......red fin perch or brown trout or orange or flouro seems to work well for us in usual haunts....

A bloke from up here who has moved down there is now making small stickbaits for the canals, doing well too.

Feel a bit ashamed of the first ones two years ago
Some recents

This paua piper has caught several kings

@Gibo I love the little shark face one

Originally Posted by Shamus_

@Gibo I love the little shark face one

Ha Ha yeah was a bit of a joke with my mate. There are a heap of Great Whites in the Tauranga harbour so when I asked what lure he wanted he said GWS.

The funny bit is it got a kingfish on its first outing

@Gibo I've been following this for awhile now and they look great....imagine catching a good fish on something you made your self, I normally do anyway but baiting a hook properly doesn't compeer.
Anyway I'm going to go and make my first $1,000 + Lure. Hell I'm looking forward to it.