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"U.F.O." lure

diemai

By diemai

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Another experimental , that I was eager to try out , named it that way after its "flying saucer" shape:lol: !

It is lathe-turned from pinewood , approx. 40 X 20 millimetres , ......has a plastic jig rattle placed in a crosswise bore through the center .

When first tub-testing the unpainted blank for the weighting I had already found out , that it is probably impossible to get this lure-shape to dive , since due to its body shape it lacks lengthwise stability or "grip" in the water , so it can only either be furnished as a wake bait or a sinker.

If a sinker , it vibrates at quite a high frequency on retrieve .

But I decided for a floating lure , embedded the keel weight in a crosswise bore as close as possible to the outer belly rim of the body , so that about 1/4 of the body heigth would still stick out at rest .

Should have used a little more weight , since as I weighted the lure , I taped the weight to the outer belly , .....now , that it is placed a little more towards the center , it lost a bit of its ability to keep the lure swimming upright on retrieve .

As a result on a faster retrieve it looses a bit of stability and starts to "hunt" sidewards , but soon tracks back to straight course and its rythmic wiggle .

No such problem on a slow retrieve !

I really have my fun trying such sometimes weird designs:yes::lol: !

greetz, diemai:yay:

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Vodkaman

Great looking lure and it makes a lot of noise in the water, judjing from the pic.

I can understand the diving problem. Because the body is round, when the lip digs in, the area of body presented to the water remains almost constant.

I think the lip size/length is going to be fairly critical on this type of body shaped lure. You may have to experiment more with the lip, to find the optimum solution.

Dave

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diemai

@ Vodkaman

Thanks , Dave , you put the facts about the diving dissability in better words than I did;):yes: !

I had thought about shortening the lip a bit , but I cut it out again , since the action is still OK this way .

The angle of the lip would surely be something to deny , since the body is round , it would always roll to the position of the smallest possible resistance .

Think , that it's rather of more importance , where the line tie sits in relation to the lip :???

I guess , that the length and especially the width would have a greater impact on the lures action :???

greetz , diemai:yay:

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spoopa

lol that looks like something from the scrap pile. That lure looks really cool though... I have really been on the shallow crankbaits for the past month now and this one looks like it would really be fun to use and i bet you get a lot questions from fellow anglers when they see this thing one the end of your rod. Great looking lure!

Thanks, Jacob

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JBlaze

U.F.O Hmmmmmmmmmmm! Unidentified Fishing Object maybe. Never seen anything like this one. Its a neat concept lure. I believe it will catch fish. Then you can call it U.I.F.O. Unidentified Irresistable Fishing Object. Good Job on this one! :yay:

John

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