"Aussie" style (not quite)
By diemai
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Came across this , I'd say one of the typical Australian lure style , on an Australian site (lureandmore) , so I decided to try make my own versions .
I must admit , that these did not work out as the originals , since I failed to utilize sufficiently buoyant wood and underestimated the weight of the aluminium lips ,......in a nutshell ,....these lures do sink at little more than 1 foot/second !
During first bath tub testing of the unpainted blanks I had to find them barely floating , so I was certain , that with several paint and topcoat layers applied , also with the essential wire leader attached , they would surely sink slowly later !
Since I always wanted to try out fishing such violently wobbling lures for bottom fishing , I decided to have them sink faster and worked in a bigger leadshot between lip and belly hook to achieve above mentioned sink rate .
They descend with their lip pointing downward , probably at bottom they might also "stand" on it ?
They have the most pronounced side-to-side roll and wiggle , but yet do not flip over .
They kick to wobble already at lowest retrieve pace , so I am also gonna try out to drift-fish them at bottom in fall season ahead of the wind(very successful method for zander(walleye) over here , but usually requires plastics on leadheads) .
That typical line tie , some call it "omega clip", really does track the lures nicely ,... during my pond tests yesterday they came back in straight time after time !
Next time I'm surely gonna use more buoyant wood and maybe a (longer) plastic lip , to make it more like a "real Aussie":yes:
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greetz , diemai:yay:
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