LaPala
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Depending on what you are trying to achieve; I do see a lot of carving still needed. The ball tail is a good idea but I think the ball may not offer enough resistance to make the tail wag. A SoftPlastic kind of tail would be more effective but that said, tail movement on a hard swimbait do not need it actually. Cut a slit to insert a tail fin be cool too.
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A design out of the norm Dave. To be LaPicky, your stylus and cutter are traveling in an arc (longer and longer arm will reduce the arc to a manageable "straight" line); but I do foresee problem with cutting speed this way. The slight arc will introduce different cutting depth along the front and tail end. It could introduce binding of the cutter bit as it attempts to cut deeper and the head and tail end. Would be more obvious if it's a longer lure or if you are to cut a series of lures lined up (say 3 or 4 lures in a row). JMHO
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JMHO, since the target is fund raising for a school, don't just target fisherman. Go for all the mum and dads and anyone who wants something cool and different OR buying just to support the school. Paint them pencils in school colors, put the school logo on them, paint them pink and add ribbons..... Offer to custom it with personalize name, message etc. This should give you a bigger potential customers. Oh, You can even offer key-ring versions and save on weighting and adding hook to them
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For metallic silver as base color, black is actually the preferred base color. Some of the chrome paints benefit from black base as well. Experiment as see what you like best, some other color as base (red, brown etc) will give you different effect as well.
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Bamboo casting rod (saltwater) tapers needed.
LaPala replied to Wally M's topic in Rod & Reel building & repair
Thanks for the links MT. I haven't made any split canes but that is always at the back of my mind. With the abundance of Bamboos over here, I am determined to find a local species that can substitute for Tonkin. Still at the stage where I am reading reading and more reading lol. -
Dave did you use lead while testing lure? Elementary lead does not dissolve in water under normal conditions (20oC, and pressure = 1 bar). It may however occur dissolved in water as PbCO3 or Pb(CO3)22-. ..... now did you say you were using ground water....
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Congrats!!! I do hope you are not planning to throw her to a fish
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Unfortunately the automatic resizing function in Photobucket is a bit lacking,especially if the resize is a hugh reduction. So don't use photobucket to resize. You can try this too: Image resizing, do it with PIXresizer
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Congratulations Dave and Mrs. Clean yourself of saw dust, paints and solvents b4 you get close to Isabella
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LaPala replied to MR KNOW IT ALL KIND OF's topic in Hard Baits
Maybe Cheshire Cat is a better name. It could refer to the lure or the painter too -
Hard: Carved out of polycarbonate, carved and molded with resin.. Semi hard: bristles. Soft: soft plastic molded Let your creativity guide you, soft, hard or in between all will change the lure action.
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Try this from the first printed book about fly fishing: Treatyse: The Lines 1 Frankly I don't think making your own fly line in this century makes much sense. Just keeping the line consistent and balanced thru a 80yrd length will be a hugh chore. Braided line and maybe a plastic coating like PlaticDip might do it but......
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Hmm Diemai, for clacking sound maybe you shouldn't over engineer it and just glue or weld a SS rattle chamber to the spoon would work fine. As for my suggestion the spinning bead or maybe a even a wheel is more for visual appeal and with a wheel it might give that extra vibration. Metel work is beyond me so I can only suggest -
And to DIY, search(google) out "pull string toys", the innards can be cannibalize for retrofitting in a lure.
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Hmmm, why not have the wire attaching the beads cross wise. Some groove on the bead might even make them spin during retrieve.
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Out source the printing , but if you need to do a few hundred sheets buy one
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use laser printer decal paper
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Check this out: STRIKE PRO - Casting into the future
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Only one thing to pick about is a swimbait needs the front section to move the back section, double hinging somehow defeats this purpose as there is a "slip" of energy transfer in the movement of the front hinge before the energy transfer occurs. Food for thought?
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How about this to set a truce to the Epoxy Wars... "The lures I built are so good, it never outlast any epoxy I used. There is bound to be that one lunker that decide to keep it before the epoxy goes." hmm, maybe I shouldn't bother and just use lacquer clear from now on.
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No Jelutong Gene? Good effort still . Now here is a job for Vodka, plot us the graph for wood Density Vs Water Saturation. The graph should show a pattern.
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You can sand and then buff Lexan back to a shine using plastic buffing compound. The torch is the fast way for say 600grit sandpaper marks; any rougher it doesn't work as well. For lip cutting if you make enough then a stamping die will be the most economical option. IF you need more then laser cutting is the option. There is also a power tool that's called a nibbler that works pretty well but not very fast.
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Love the action there Jed. Got a pic of the actual bait?
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Thanks guys. Err I decided on red to match my rod hahaha. -
For lack of a name I just call it a Bubble Trail Pencil Popper. Rattle-can paint. Borrowed: Horimoto Duo Duct Popper idea or Daiwa Saltiga Pencil with a patent. Which frees me to use the idea since Daiwa patented a prior design lol New: Canoe rocker + Boat hull V stern and planning hull bow on a pencil bait I'll leave you guys to think about why it works with a pencil