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@ Capital Fishing Lures Like turtlebait stated , check those lure collectors sites , lots of pictures there of vintage lures , a lot of these were lathe-turned either , ........I've used a lot of these oldies for examples as well ! Here is a link :My link Click on "collectors links" on left column . And here is the thread , that jamie is refering to : http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/17724-my-latest-lure-test-video/page__hl__rush%20tango You may also check my gallery uploads , I wrote a bit of explanation there about working processes ,....... also took some pics of some basically lathe-turned diving baits , that I could find on a short term and enclosed them in this post . There is also a tutorial here on TU about how to make a copy of a vintage "Bomber" lure , check the tut section for it ! If you have any further questions , feel free to post ! good luck , diemai

@ macstackleman Check out My link , go to "collector's links" there . Also the Australian site My link provides some info about a lot of vintage lures(for full access you need to register) , naturally most likely Australian made , but they also have great US , European and Japanese lures section there . good luck , diemai

@ jamie Some days ago I had accidentally got into a Russian angling site , somewhere in their "homemade" section there were two or three pictures about homemade lure eyes . One guy there just put equally sized drops of epoxy on the plated side of a CD blank and also put a (smaller) drop of some kinda black paint into their center to make up for the pupil . On another photo there was the CD blank shown with some of the cured domed eyes been already peeled off , it looked like the CD plating would come off with them and stick to the back of the epoxy eye to make up for a silvery background ? Sorry , that I can't provide more details , as that site was(naturally) in Russian language and the GOOGLE translator could not quite manage and I also did not bother reading over the(sort of) translated explanations deeply , as these most likely don't make much sense ! greetz , diemai

@ Milia B Just like to say "Thank Ya" about this thread , ....you've have inspired me to get out the carpet knife once again ! Carved out these two blanks from rectangular pinewood dowels just with pencil , knife and sandpaper whilst waiting for the paint to dry on some other lures ! Off course eye sockets , lip slots , rattle bore and separation cuts had to be made on my hobby routing machine , the yet unseparated dowel remainder comes in very handy for chucking the workpiece , ........some wood putty took care of little flaws ! You're right to say , that one never knows in advance , what would finally come out of it ,........I've surely enjoyed carving these , certainly won't be my last ! greetz , diemai

Thanks a lot again , guys , ........actually tonight or somewhen tomorrow after having recovered would be a good occasion for gathering some lure material from the party remainders ! Wishing everyone a happy , healthy and prosperous New Year , .............greetz , Dieter

@ BobP Just stumbled in here and being an absolute novice to airbrush as well , I am quite impressed by your statement above about the 20% and 80% and the easier/harder thing ! Also I don't want to start another thread , as there are so many already ,........ but I guess , that with your statement you're helping me to make up my mind to go buy that pictured below starter kit on coming Wednesday special sales(just got that supermarket flyer today) . I know , that I'd have to switch to different , waterbased colors than these ones containing in the kit (obviously solvent based , as they mention "thinner" in the describtion) , probably try to get another spray gun later(for fine lines) , ....but I shall see ! Guess , that it could be alright for lures , no very fine details would be possible with that gun though , I suppose ,....... but I am familiar to stencils as well ! The model parts shown in this link http://www.rcpanzer.de/apboard/thread.php?id=17457 are said to be made with that very airbrush kit ,....... and I guess , that the desert camou pattern is having some sufficiently fine lines(the black in particular) , that might be suitable for lures either ? Sorry for hijacking this thread somehow , ........................greetz , diemai

@ hazmail Never meant to get involved into ANY politics , Pete(in this case one's gotta be perfect in terms of squirming , I guess ) , just find that poem quite nice , .................and concerning your "boys toys" statement , I can surely second to that ! greetz , Dieter

@ Frank I have used them before to tune some homemades . To gain the desired effect on those lures , I had to stack quite a few of these dots onto one another , did not look that good at all ! You might paint them over for a bit of "camouflage" , but you'll always have that pack potruding over the lures belly ! greetz , diemai

@ Frank These "Suspendots" are of very thin material(never used the "Suspendstrips" , but they're larger , maybe even thicker ??) , thus one single dot won't make up for a big difference on a larger , voluminous lure , I guess ? The homemade ones of roofing lead sheet and double tape maybe more effective , as the lead sheet is thicker and they can be cut to required size and shape . Disadvantage is , that they cannot be easily removed again , as double sided carpet tape sticks like hell . greetz , diemai

@ hazmail In Europe the almighty EU commisions are considering plans on forcing European anglers to keep records about their catches , thus gain control over them , they only haven't yet found a way , how to do it ! After the fishing industry has rendered the North Sea and Baltic Sea almost fishless(at least in a way , that industrial fishing most likely does not pay off anymore) , they want to mess up the small guys for one more time ! @ Milia B This absolutely is the purpose of the EU commissions , they are a pain in the butt of the entire European population ! greetz , diemai

If the author of this poem should be THE Ms. Sarah Palin , I need to hereby declare , that I absolutely do not agree with her opinions and views on politics and religion ! She is not that wellknown over here in Europe , so it did not come to my mind at first ,..... but last night I've watched a cabaret show , where her name was mentioned , so I recalled to have seen an interview with her her during Mr. Obama's election campaign , and I instantly remembered to have read the name in here . Only want to set this straight , ..........my comment above only refers to a simple woman and person , does not involve any political message at all(and especially not the one of that particular lady) ! greetz , diemai

@ Milia B. Nice poem , Milia ,...... so much truth in it ! I can really imagine Ms. Palin sitting at home bored putting these lines down whilst waiting for her loving man gone fishing to come home ! Well , guess that most wiveys won't write kinda romantic poems in that case ,...... they'd rather become pretty nasty at times ! Thanks for sharing , .......greetz , diemai

@ swarma Not that easy to add weights to those hollow plastic lurebodies , once they're glued together ! And you won't know , whether they would have any internal chambers , that would prevent any internal weights from possibly moving all over the length of the bait , thus rendering or even spoiling the action unpredictably . The easiest way is to add weights from the outside of body , but you've said , that you won't like the looks ? There are so-called "Suspendots" or Suspendstrips" available , made by the "Storm" lure company , these are little stick-on/peel off pieces of lead sheet for lure tuning . You can also make similar at home utilizing roofing lead sheet and double sided carpet tape . You might as well just wind some solder wire around the belly hook shank . Internal weights need to be fixed somehow inside of the lure for previously mentioned reasons , and it is tricky to do . First you need to drill a (belly) hole to insert the weights , I would go for lead shot in this case ! To be able to fix these weights to a certain location inside of the lure , you have to smear some glue , prefarably epoxy , onto the lead shot , insert it and clamb the lure in a way , that the weight would roll to desired location and remain there , until the glue has set . You might also utilize a piece of wire to be able to move the weight inside , if neccessary . You can do this with multiple lead shots , make sure that your glue sets SLOW , super glue would not work , as it may bind the weights to unwanted locations too fast ! After the weights are bonded , you might also try to insert some glue to the hole and let it set around the fixed weights for added strength . You can finally close the belly hole by epoxying a round head brass wood screw into it , with the shank of approbiate diameter and cut-off length , ..........maybe , sucha screw alone would already serve your purpose well , so you won't have to insert weights ? If your lures SHOULD have such internal chambers mentioned above , you could probably skip the inside glue proccess , as the weights can't move much over the lures length in this case ! I have never done this before , but have read these lure tuning instructions it in a German angling magazine and I also have a swapped "Swim Whizz" type of lure , on which this has been done with success . If deciding on the internal glued lead shot affair , do it on only one of your lures at first to see , whether it would work out for you , .......no need to put holes into all of them , ...probably ! good luck , diemai

@ Jio Thanks a lot , Janne ! Actually I had gathered those screw-on tops in various colors , ...black , red , blue , yellow , grey and green ,.... all from different kinds of softdrinks delivered by the local Coca-Cola company(got them from the bottle return boxes at the beverage slot machines at my work) . But I need to look after a new source for wine bottle corks ,........... the workmate , that always used to give me some , is no longer there , .......and I've packed up on drinking for some years now ! ! greetz , Dieter

Thanks a lot for your comments , guys ! @ Zolja Been thinking about a two sectioned as well , .......problem is , that right now I do not have enough bottle corks stocked anymore , and I do not drink wine ! @ sinyo Nice idea about the children ! @ rofish I wanted to build a diving lure ,....... a popper also works , it is displayed in the first "boozebait" link , but with a metal beer bottle top instead ! With this plastic screw-on softdrink top it would surely generate a different , most likely deeper and louder noise , I suppose ! greetz , diemai

I'd just chime in , ...... " MERRY CHRISMAS and a Happy New Year everyone " ! greetz , diemai

Hi , folks , Many of you may doubt , whether this is serious or not , but I just had to try it ! Some months ago I had already mentioned the site My linkin another thread in here ,...... after having looked at it again recently , I finally decided to give this one a shot , ........I have had this idea on my mind for years already , but never put it to practice so far ! Not much to say to it anyway , ........the lure consists of a wine bottle cork and a Cola screw-on bottle top , that makes up for the diving lip , .........guess , that an "ordinary" kinda lip glued into a slot would work either well ! The two cylindrical ballast weights are borrowed from a curtain weight band . The lure is thru-wired , so even bigger fish won't easily have a chance to get away , even though they might shred the entire lure to pieces ! The harness is epoxied into a slot(front portion) and bore(rear portion) , ........tools being used are a "Dremel" with drill bits , cutting disc and router bits , a coarse sanding wheel to cut the angle to the Cola bottle top and a carpet knife for breaking the edges of it , .......off course also pliers and sidecutters for the wire work . Finally the finished lure(cork portion only) was dipped into modelling dope , just for a LITTLE protection ! With a little practice the lure can be done within well about 15 minutes , off course without curing times ! One could tie on sucha lure for fishing snaggy swims or make tricky casts into obstacles , ......won't hurt that much loosing it ! Watch it swim : Here are some more pictures #1 to #5 showing different views of that lure ! greetz , diemai

@ Capital Fishing Lures Check out this older thread , .....as from post #11 . http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/12801-homemade-tools/page__hl__chisel__fromsearch__1 greetz , diemai

A bit belated , I guess , .....but I hope , that you've had a good one ! all the best , .........greetz , diemai

@ Milia B Don't do this anymore , but when I've started out with making wooden lures many years ago , I had carved them from round wood stock , .......wasn't always that easy to achieve an even centered tail , -and nose taper on these spindle shaped blanks just with a carpet knife and sandpaper , but soon I got quite good on it . I remember , that the most difficult one was a "Rush Tango" knock-off , .........later I got fed up with it and got myself a lathe ! greetz ,diemai

@ smallie You're not , ..........have same issues ! greetz , diemai

@ muskietom51 So many opinions here to confuse you more , and me still adding another one ! The width length and angle of the lip is OK so far in my opinion , though I much more prefer round or triangular lips , not this "coffin" type(these are better suited for shallow running lures or wakebaits , pointing somewhat downward , IMO) . But I think , that the lip is placed too high towards the nose of the bait , I'd assemble it more down the chin , also the line tie is located to far towards the tip of the lip , I'd mount it more towards the lure body to achieve a better leverage around the tow eye caused by the oncoming water pressure . I am afraid , that you probably won't be able to save that lure anymore as it is completely thru-wired , ......but try to tape on a temporary tow eye a bit further behind the actual one and test again , at least this way it still serves an example for learning . good luck though , ..........greetz , diemai