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@ toluma Sorry , can't answer your question , ........but in Germany you can obtain all pouring ingredients at http://www.lbkoeder.de , but these are also quite costly , I guess(don't know nothing 'bout pouring plastics) . For example 1 litre of plastic costs about 17

It is as ingenious as it is simple ! great idea ! Greetz , Dieter:yay:

@ LaPala Guess , that the original "Turus Ukko" was out there prior to the "Rapala Tail Dancer" . In my opinion they do not have a lot in common , apart from a certain alikeness in their side view . The "Tail Dancer" has a rather round cross section and a tapered , thin tail(top view) , whereas the "Ukko" has a more "square" cross section with rounded corners and a flat tail section , viewed from top its body keeps same width over entire length apart from head taper and the rounded tail end . I own a 8" "Ukko" from Finland , but I am not sure , whether it is a very good homemade knock-off or an earlier handmade lure from the original designer of the "Ukko's" , at least it is signed "Taurus Ukko" , but lacks the signature of the designer ,..... that I guess , all of the "Ukkos" have printed on them ? The "Ukko Jerk" looks entirely different , rather a bit similar to a "SwimWhizz" , but with flatter cross section and with a very thin tail portion(viewed from top) . greetz , diemai:yay:

@ Birdman Sorry , .....this is many a lures destiny ! Though quite a nuisance ! Fingers crossed , that you would get those new ones , that you're planning on , equally good to the one lost.......and take revenge:flame: . good luck , diemai:yay:

@ LaPala I have a cheap knock-off of that "Turus Ukko Jerk" somewhere , I guess , that its weighting is located at the behind of it's "sort off" bill ? @ Birdman I always have a snap swivel at the end of my main line , also add one to my homemade toothproof leaders , so not too much trouble with line twist . I am even thinking to directly attach a rigid wire leader to my lure prototype , loop in loop , to possibly avoid the two sideward hooks tangling with the leader.......but I have to do tests about that , when it would be finally done . greetz , diemai:yay:

I have read in an old luremaking book about such as well . If you use them , I'd advise you to mount them with a screw(like you already stated) and/or drill some holes through their base(the portion inside the lurebody) and/or file some tiny grooves into the base's rim , this will help a lot for better glue bondage . good luck , diemai

Hi , folks , Some days ago I have made a sketch of my version of sucha curved bait , yesterday I have shaped the first prototype from beechwood , about 4 1/3" in length . As I wrote in my previous post , I designed it with three trebles for better chances for hook-ups . I have just now watched the video link posted above again and I have found , that my assumed weight location on my sketch must be wrong , since I did not remember well about the swimming position of the bait . I have thought , that the lure would swim with its concave side downward , but after watching the vid again , I see , that it is vice versa , it is positioned in the water like an airfoil:huh: . Now I wonder , whether I could still achieve this swimming position with my version , since due to the two opposing hooks must not tangle , I have made the body reasonably wide , thus it would be difficult to have the lure body flip over to proper position concave side upward ! Well , anyway , I'll still try to achieve that by making the weights as flat as possible and put them into the front portion at the convexe side ,...... located as far to the outer body as possible . I guess , even if the bait would sink concave side down , one would still get an erratic action out of it , it would only be different to the one shown in the video ? Probably the bait would then have a tendency to dart more up ,-and sideward ? What do you think , opinions welcome ? greetz , diemai:yay:

@ hadesalmighty Similar to The_Rookie I recently was lucky to purchase 24 disposable plastic brushes per pack for 1

@ thorium06 Any bigger toolshop should have all the stuff , that you need . Like BobP said , a bandsaw is the fastest and most accurate way to go cutting out blanks from rectangular stock , also for lipslots . A lathe is another basic machinery for the luremaker , but yet not absolutely neccessary , really depends on the style of lures , that you want to build , flat-bodied ones or rather more spindle-shaped blanks . There are tutorials and threads about lathes in here , about which type to look for and also how to work with them , just do a search . good luck , diemai:yay: