BUilding lures.

[alanger]

Hey guys i am looking into building lures. just wondering how you can build like a wiggle wart type of lure. or like a rapala type of bait. THanks.

[fishcrazy]

Don't know if you can biuld those type of lures. I would look for them on sale or close out sales. Sometimes at the Puyallup Show you can buy all kinds of plugs really cheap. Anyway buy them and try painting them yer own colors. A good book to get you going would be "The Master Angler."


Now spinners can be biult.
Kris

[alanger]

Thanks. ya i am working towards those and i got quite the collection of plugs and stuff. warts. quick fish. but i'd like to start building and designing lures. thanks for the input. i'll have to check out that book.

[BLKBEARKLR]

http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/lure-making-parts/

http://www.njtackle.com/

http://lurepartsonline.com/cart.html

[fishcrazy]

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Master+Angler-a0157589560

Kris

[MtnMuley]

As a teenager, I spent 10 plus hours building a rapala style crank.  Used balsa wood.  All I can say about it's fishability, was that it floated!  Netcraft has some decent lure building stuff.

[alanger]

As a teenager, I spent 10 plus hours building a rapala style crank.  Used balsa wood.  All I can say about it's fishability, was that it floated!  Netcraft has some decent lure building stuff.

Where did you GEt the wood???

Thanks guys for all the sites. i have been looking over everything.

[MtnMuley]

I believe radio shack.  They came in smaller sticks, and I glued nine together to get me a starting block.

[Cylvertip]

Larry Dahlberg from "The Hunt For Big Fish" does some pretty neat stuff with making molds. Try this Google Search: larry dahlberg lure making   - that should get you some info.

[BigGoonTuna]

you can get carving wood at places like michaels(craft stores).  defnitely don't expect to save any time or money, but you can create some cool stuff if you have the knack.

i stick to building spinners, since you can build them a lot cheaper than buying.