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New Mouse Spoons

diemai

By diemai

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About three weeks ago I have already uploaded some of this model called "mouse spoon" .

Here are some new stainless steel ones , that I got done with today , this time for my own tackle box :wink::)!

I have decided to cover them with decal foil , on the chartreuse foil you can clearly see , that those foil cut-outs need to be slotted around their rim , so that the foil can be applied without wrinkles onto the cupped spoon surface , it would slightly overlap on some of those cuts , but not fold up .

The hole for the bead I have done with a scalpel knife after the foil did stick firmly .

This foil , that I ordered from "Moore's Lures"/Wisconsin , holds up quite well against the abuse whilst fishing , only had one spoon to redo after two or three seasons so far and it was PITA to peel all foil remainders off .

Sometimes only the corners of some of those rim cuts would come up due to rough bottom contacts(rocks , gravel , mussels, etc.) , so I always cut these off with a sharp knife to prevent more foil to come loose .

Center spoon is plain polished under the foil , the outer two are heated to red glow after polishing with a soldering torch to make up for their blue/brown/purple color .

greetz:yay: , diemai

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diemai

Thank you for your kind words , guys:yes: !

@ mark poulson

Actually still two months more to fish them for the first time , too bad:( , can't wait as well , lol :)!

@ rofish

Rofish , not my idea about those cord tails , lure designers of yesteryear had already done such or similar before:yes: , these tails were made of leather stripes or cotton cord back then .

I can only take advantage of modern materials(shrink tube and nylon cord 3 mm) , that are not vulnerable to moisture as much .

I could have attached plastic worms as well somehow , those would even move better , but since I have had sticky messes in my tackleboxes two times before , I don't like storing these together with foil-decorated or otherwise not wormproof lures:nuhuh: !

greetz :yay:, Dieter

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diemai

Hi , Jio

Thanks for your kind words !

These spoons are approx. 35 X 80 mm and around 30 grams of weight . They are made of 1,3 mm stainless steel sheet , which I think , is the thickest material possible for their shape .

If they were made of thicker sheets , I guess , that the higher weight would more likely cause them to roll over and swim on their backs .

They are supposed to be retrieved quite slow , at a higher pace they do roll over even like this .

A spoon of higher weight would be accelerated more , so the cupped shape of the lure would not be able to track the lure back against the circular force of a higher weight , as it strongly swings from one edge to the other , so it would tip over easier .

greetz:wink: , Dieter

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