Thread: Lure making

A red jandal with a 12/0 slung 6" off back end and pre soaked in tuna oil wobbling around in s channel might work

watching this with interest....trout are fun to catch and good to eat...flyfishing is fine untill the dreaded NW comes up,which it does as soon as I get the swizzle stick out of the case....drowning a worn doesnt have those issues and the fish taste just as good....
so now Im puzzled...you started out with light weight wood...and are now adding weight???...lead wire put through drilled holes of correct size might help...like pinning a knife handle.

Lure making is a never ending enterprise; endless design, redesign, retesting and scheming. Lots of fun when it all comes together

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

watching this with interest....trout are fun to catch and good to eat...flyfishing is fine untill the dreaded NW comes up,which it does as soon as I get the swizzle stick out of the case....drowning a worn doesnt have those issues and the fish taste just as good....
so now Im puzzled...you started out with light weight wood...and are now adding weight???...lead wire put through drilled holes of correct size might help...like pinning a knife handle.

Its a floating stick bait, trick is it needs to float near vertical. That lead wire is an interesting concept. Where does one get it?

Soldering wire is another option, or cut lead sheet into strips with scissors.

Originally Posted by Woody

Soldering wire is another option

Old lead shot too i guess

fly tyers use it..about 1mm thick.
we used to use leadhead roofing nails to make duck decoys float right way up LOL.

Its ok but oxidises after a while. Lead sheet is v handy. Get it from plumber.

Originally Posted by Woody

Its ok but oxidises after a while. Lead sheet is v handy. Get it from plumber.

Thats what i was hitting with the hammer

Yep. You can get it in various thicknesses.

Lead flashing.

Originally Posted by Woody

Lead flashing.

Readily sourced from old church roofs...apparently

Originally Posted by Pengy

Readily sourced from old church roofs...apparently

Any old roof

Weight pretty much spot on

Float test is a pass

Soon to put it together and epoxy the guts up then start on the paint

Now, there is the cost of the product, and what some one will pay for the product. How do I get one one of these to give a thrash, and hopefully add teeth rash too?

Looking shit hot!