IamSpartacus

Haha, yeah I guess they probably do! Starts to be a little downer on my own attempts at making lures though, like why even try? But thats when I get on here and check out the gallery, gets me right back in the game.

I have Rapala tournament fishing for Wii, I watch all the videos on there all the time. Unfortunately it makes it sound like Rapala lures are the only lures that will ever catch fish. Oh well... Great videos LaPala!

Guess I'll start this thing... My names Mike, I'm 19, and I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan. There's nothing thats more fun and more cleansing to me then a smallmouth at the end of my line. I literally just got into making my own lures like a month ago. It all started on a bet between my roommate and I about who could catch a fish first on a homemade hardbait. After making the first one I've become slightly addicted to the whole thing. So... Hopefully eventually I will be contributing as much to the site as I'm getting from it, but it might take a little while. I have been able to give my roommate some advice though, like "watch out man, that epoxy will stick your fingers right together" and "look! if you leave treble hooks on the living room floor they'll eventually stick to your foot and leave a bleeding bait pattern on your heel." Well thats a little about me, thanks for all the help, and if you have any questions just ask

Yeah I identified the problem, it was an unfortunate case of being really ignorant... I didn't weight the lure at all, leaving my berkeley firestick imitation, made out of balsa, floating on its side. It then kind of did this weird shoot off to the side, roll over and shoot to the other side. I'll never make that mistake of not checking the lure in water before painting it and such again though.

So I just successfully made my first batch of eyes, thanks for all the great help! Unfortunately I just now realized that the devcon epoxy everybody talks about is the 2 ton and I got the five minute variety. I was wondering, to those who use devcon, if the 2 ton comes in a crystal clear variety or only the clear. I think I remember reading on one of these threads that it has a tendency to yellow... Any words of advice on where to get the crystal clear variety of the 2 ton? I didn't see it at Wal-Mart. I'm also having a really hard time finding it online anywhere, if it exists. I'll apologize right now, because I am sure you guys have probably answered this question hundreds of times.

Can I just ask you why you don't like attaching it with a single hook and screw eye? I'm just in the process of trying to do the same thing and thats how I was planning on doing that. What were the problems you had with doing it that way? Thanks for the input.

Thank you guys for all the responses. Exactly what I was looking for.

I'm almost completely new to this making my own hardbaits thing but have succeeded in finishing three, and two of them actually work! I've read so much on this site that has helped my understanding and progress grow exponentially, but I was wondering how all you guys make your eyes/where you buy them? I'm not sure if the 3D eyes on some of your guys amazing lures are completely handmade or bought somewhere, hopefully online. Thanks a ton for any help! P.S. If the process which you use to make your eyes is extremely intensive it probably won't be of much use to me. I'm just a college student with minimal resources and money, just enough to get by and dabble in lure making on the side. My roommate and I both make our lures on our dining room/living room table. Anyways thanks! Its late and I'm rambling...