Thread: Fishing lures

you can also make 'poppas', dont know what they are exactly but my dad wants me to make some lures and poppas.

cheers

Poppers, are the only ones you can make out of wood. They float on water, usually a lure is referring to a lure made of metal etc: So than it can sin and not float.

Check these sites out:

http://www.luremaking.com/howto/

http://www.luresonline.com.au/index.htm



Bob

thanks mate

Originally Posted by Auzzie turner

Poppers, are the only ones you can make out of wood. They float on water, usually a lure is referring to a lure made of metal etc: So than it can sin and not float.

I beg to differ. Floating lures with a diving bib are very popular in snaggy areas. They are normally a light wood such as, but not always, balsa, or a synthetic of some sort.

Having said that, not many have a shape which lends itself to turning, more to carving.

theres a guy at the local turning club who hand carves lures out of cedar. maybe you could give carving a go.

regarding poppers, the article in a mag that dad saw ( the guy was using a GMC lathe :eek said to use pine or a hardwood.

cheers

Caught my biggest fish on a home made lure, the 28.5kg (63lb) mulloway (jewfish) was caught on a luminous fibreglass minnow at a river mouth during flood times - lost bigger one's too as is always the case.

Some guys also turned wooden plugs filled them with lead - fairly crude but they caught heaps of big fish on them too - would cast them 100m consistently with overhead gear 50lb line - aarh the good old days. I have some examples of these plugs at home but they are pretty heavy duty stuff - weigh about 4-5oz.

Originally Posted by TEEJAY

Caught my biggest fish on a home made lure, the 28.5kg (63lb) mulloway (jewfish) was caught on a luminous fibreglass minnow at a river mouth during flood times - lost bigger one's too as is always the case.

Some guys also turned wooden plugs filled them with lead - fairly crude but they caught heaps of big fish on them too - would cast them 100m consistently with overhead gear 50lb line - aarh the good old days. I have some examples of these plugs at home but they are pretty heavy duty stuff - weigh about 4-5oz.

so can we see photos?

How do you find time? 4 hours a week fishing, on top of 10000 hours turning that you have done on at least 1 lathe (which equates to 8 hours a day, every day since you were about 11 :eek: )

Originally Posted by Auzzie turner

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I have done around 10,000 hours of woodturning on that lathe!!!

Regards.....Joash

ummmm, if you look back on that thread, you will see someone else spoted that, and I calculated it out for everyone. Scroll down and have another look. It works out at around 1200

4 hours is that all. i spend a all day every satrday fishing, 8am to 4 pm and in the winter 4pm to 1am.

Meep meep.

Look out for the falling anvil...



Al

Originally Posted by Stuart.

How do you find time? 4 hours a week fishing, on top of 10000 hours turning that you have done on at least 1 lathe (which equates to 8 hours a day, every day since you were about 11 :eek: )

Geez Stu dont you know anything:confused: Auzzie takes his lathe with him fishing

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Meep meep.

Look out for the falling anvil...



Al

ohhh...woops, sorry bit slow on the uptake there, now i hears ya.........