Thread: Fishing Lures - pine + oak . need to glue.

Originally Posted by Bungel

Hows it going?

Im making fishing lures, popper style. I need the lures to float. but also need them heavy enough to cast easy.

Oak was my choice for wood as its solid and should be of an acceptable casting weight. - But it does not float!.

I have tried Pine... and its wonderful to work with, and so easy to finish. But its toooooooo light for a decent casting wood.

Im thinking now that instead of adding weight via lead weights i could combine the two timbers . 1/3rd pine for the top half.. and 2/3rd oak for the end/tail...



These will be joined/glued and then finished in a lathe.

I was thinking of adding down dowel to the middle section for added support,

What do you think? ... what to do and what glue to use?

I will be coating all of this with a good number of coats of paint along with epoxy, so no way the water will get in.!

Cheers,

George New.

A lot of the fishing lure makers here use and swear by White beech.

P.M. me if you want some.


Cheers


Steve

Hi George, my suggestion would also be White Beech.
Gluing up different timbers just complicates things, and may fail when you have that big one hooked.
White Beech's density is about 540 kg/cubic M.
Jarrah is about 840 kg/cubic M so will probably be too heavy.
Look at other timbers from your area and see if you can find one with a density of less than about 650 kg/cubic M and give it a go.

White beech is about the same weight as pine, so if you cant cast the pine then you wont get the white beech out there either.

If you must go the route of joining two timbers together then my suggestion would be to join two planks together, flat side to flat side, and then cut the popper blanks out of that. This will mean you will get the join following the long grain, the full length of the lure, rather then joining across the end grain as you have suggested. End grain joints are very brittle. Use epoxy glue, waterproof and very strong. With these large glueing surfaces then the lure will be many times stronger then the line youre using. Forget about the dowel, it wont help and isnt necessary.

Isnt fishing with poppers is great fun. I used to use poppers to catch kingfish around the channel markers. Theres nothing more exciting then seeing a bunch of kings racing up out of the deep to grab your popper.

cheers
Arron

What I used to do was lead fill my lures, not hard collect as many wheel weights as you can (visit your local tyre fitters) chuck them in an iron sauce pan on a gas cooker (outdoors) and gently pour small amounts into an orifice you have worked into your lure. As for painting them I used to buy all the cheap nail polish out the front of the beauty salons in the colours I wanted.