New guy

[Fishon413]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and thought I'd share a few lures I have made. I hope you like them!

Heres a creeper frog I made


And heres a jointed trout I have been working on


And this is one of my first lures I made years ago

[Fishon413]

And a squid I made for fun. It has flip flop paint and goes from blue to purple and back depending on wich angle your looking at

[markn]

Neat stuff. Those jointed swimbaits are hot items for big largemouths

[Fishon413]

Thanks, I have fun making them. I made the swimbait to fish a trout stocked pond by my house. I'm still working the kinks out of it.

[plugman]

Funny thing. I'm working on the same thing. Trying to do it with no lip.
We should compare notes sometime.

[Fishon413]

Not a problem. If you have any questions I can do my best to help. I have been using lips so far. I keep the weight on the light side so it floats at rest so I can deadstick it if I want. It does look much cleaner without.

[billybass]

You should try to get muddler to post the lures he makes your jointed trout reminds me of his but he molds his on tails I do like your frogs Have fun BB

[Fishon413]

Thanks BB! The frogs are fun to make! A molded tail would probably work out better. Less obstruction in the way of the hook. Well, hopefully muddler will jump in with some of his stuff!

[Fishon413]

Here's a quick run down on how I make a trout lure from scratch. Hope it helps someone!

First I hand draw the outline on a piece of basswood




Then I cut it out on the bandsaw




I then angle the deck on the bandsaw to get most of the extra wood off of the edges





Next I use my dremel with a kutzall bit to rough it out




Then I sand it smooth


Now I use my dremel to carve in various details



I then take a pencil and draw on the head details



I then hand carve them with my exacto knife kit




I now mark the joint v cuts




Now I chop. This always makes me nervous!




Lip and tail slots are cut




Slots for screw eyes are marked





Then I drill the hole to accept the pin



After drilling pilot holes I insert the screw eyes into the front segments of the lure. I use 5 min. epoxy to hold them in securely



After the pins dry I fit test the lure. I use stainless steel welding rods for the pins



I then drill holes in the belly and isnsert and epoxy split shot weights to keep the lure swimming upright. They get covered with wood filler then sanded down



I then spray the lure with sanding sealer



Apply my crappy paint job and epoxy





Cut the lip and tail out of lexan then epoxy them in and Walla!




I hope you liked my demo. I'm not saying it's the right way to do it, just the way I do it.

[muddler]

looks good fishon! unfortunately i lost the cable to download pics from my digital camera, but i,ll get another soon.i also use lexan lips, i think it tracks better without rolling out on a faster retrieve.
ed

[Fishon413]

Thanks Ed. I appreciate it! I was scanning through the old posts and saw some of your jointed swimmers. Very nice work!
Jason

[plugman]

That's very slick. Pretty much how I'm doing it, Although I'm not to the apply paint and epoxy stage. Still working on weight and hook placement to get the balance right. This will inspire me to keep at it. I can feel a Cow here somewhere.....

[Lower]

Your plugs are awesome!!!!! And the tutorial was REALLY awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. I love to see what other are doing and how. I've been thinking about jointed plugs all winter. Trying to figure ways to thru drill them, tails, etc. Now you showing me a handcarved method...my heads going to explode! Thanks again...I'm going to have to start playing with these.

One question...how is the stainless rod held in place. Do you just epoxy it in?

Thanks again.

BTW...I just recently got a sweet Muddler plug. If he wants...I'd be happy to post a couple pics of it.

[Fishon413]

Cool plugman! Hopefully you can get the weight placement down!

Thanks Lower! I learned how to from others, so I like to share any info I can to give back. The pin is held in by epoxy as well. I dip the ends, then slide it in. After it's set I skim coat the outside with epoxy to secure it further.

I'm working on a few new things as well. As they get further along I'll post them up.
Thanks again for the compliments!

[fishinconvention]

Nice post--keep up the great work.