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One thing you may find helpful is drawing lines with a soft pencil perpendicular to the centerline. If you check these from the front and back uneven spots will be easier to find. Make sure it's a soft pencil tho, don't want to dent the surface. bill
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I like 'em both especially this one. Nice job of subtle brush blending. bill -
Well I spent a little time yesterday after watching my NFL team get whacked on some test prints. Thin minnow lures would be fine with dace, perch and fathead type patterns. But the bluegill & crappie are totally different in shape than the Roach & Divani. Much thinner at the nose & tail. So this is something I'd have to think about before carving the lure.
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I think I may use either the Divani or Roach to try the tissue over foil method for a realistic bluegill. Only problem is the amount of ink my Epson printer sucks up. :-/ bill
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Wow yet another "who would have thunk it" spinner. Keep them coming Northern! bill -
Looks like a Devil's Horse, great surface bait. bill
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Thanks Dieter. They remind me of smaller versions of Salty's pencil poppers on this page: http://www.saltybugger.com/wood%20lure%20bodies.htm I'll experiment with turning a couple. Another thing I need is to get a 8-9 ft rod for a little more distance. Before I moved I had a really nice one for 3/8 - 1 oz lures but I gave it away thinking there was nothing but trout here. bill
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Large is relative. Early in the year smaller lures are productive. I've gotten them on Mepps style spinners with a #3 blade which is pretty small. Joe Bucher had or has a TV fishing show and I remember him sight fishing around shallow structure early in the year with 1/8 oz jigs & plastics. That said in general the bigger the fish the bigger the baits they'll eat. BTW, my biggest LM bass back in Wisconsin were on Muskie lures. bill
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Thanks Mark sounds like a plan. Do you use braid at all? I've pretty much switched to Power Pro except for #2 and #4 for trout fishing. Use Trilene XL for that. Now that you mention line I wonder if the soft braid is why my musky/pike lures foul a lot. bill
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Thanks for the interesting comment. I've been using an eye dropper for the alchohol but the amount of epoxy is not as consistent. It would probably help if I mixed larger equal sized batches and did multiple lures at a time. bill
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Good idea Vic. Because I'm clueless on this I may just remove just a hair of weight. I can always drill out like Mark later I guess. Or add heavier trebles. Time to start keeping a notebook.
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I promised myself I would do more bass & pike angling next year at a nearby lake. I'm restricted to shore fishing (shore slug was from another forum) and need to get some distance due to shallow water close in. So it's got to be either floaters or shallow runners. Spinning rod is 7' rated at 1/4 to 1 oz. Tho I've caught bass on Muskie plugs in the past I'm guessing I want to stay around 6" on minnow plugs and 3 1/2" on fatties like the Divani I'm doing. I may be mistaken bass eat some god awful big lures on occasion. Any and all comments appreciated on lures and tackle to get that extra couple of feet. bill
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Ok, so Mark's Roach shamed me into getting going on my Divani VGII glider again. It's a smaller 3 1/2" version of the one here: http://www.lurebuilding.nl/indexeng.html under jerkbaits/hybrids. I tried calculating the weight but I was way off. My calculated weight was 15 gms but it ends up at 24 to float properly. Anyway that 24 gms is sealed with all hardware but no paint or Devcon 2T. It floats just like the illustration on the webpage. So I'm thinking I need to take a little ballast out. But how much and will it change the float seeing as the ballast is way forward in the bait. It has an even fatter front end than the Roach. Ideas appreciated. beginner bill
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Well that's cool, now you know it works. Amazing how big a lure those little suckers will hit eh? bill -
Mark, Sounds like a great material. I'll need to try to find some close by, maybe a building supply. A quick search didn't turn up any around here. Spent a little time on my DIvani VG II today after seeing your pics. I was WAY off on my calculated weight. bill -
They're good with answering support questions, shoot em an email. bill
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Mark, Thanks for the Azek info. Does it work with traditional knives or do you use routers, rasps and sandpaper? bill
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Nice job Mark. Thanks for giving us the drawing too. You're a quicker builder than I, haven't made much progress on the Divani I started. I think I may have used to heavy of a poplar stock so I may start again. Or do a Roach :-) bill
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Ben, Thanks for the info. Ten bucks for ten yards won't break the bank to try it. bill -
Very nice Ben I like it a lot. What are you using to attach the foil so you don't flatten the scaling while attaching to the body? A few years back I did foiled balsa flyrod poppers for LM & SM bass but I used a knurled roller after attaching to the body. Worked ok with the flat popper sides. wouldn't work on most plugs tho. bill
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Thanks for posting those Dieter. I've wanted to make some floating and sinking Rapalas for trout for awhile. I had seen x-rays a while back but couldn't find them lately. I've tried lots of other plugs but it seems those are the two most productive. The two have different actions, the floater is a wide wobble and the sinker is much tighter. bill
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Looks great, just knew it was one of yours. Any ballast weight? Wish I still had all that 4" x 8" x 8' air dried bass in the garage. bill -
Northern, Now that's one big hunk of bug! Hope you have at least an 8wt rod. bill -
Woods I Can Access To Make Lures, But Not Sure What To Choose
scrubs replied to Tallbald's topic in Hard Baits
Is Sweet Gum the same as Tupelo? Used to use Tupelo a lot in my decoy and decorative bird carvings. Easy to work with a density similar to heavier balsa. Used air dried bass also. Wish I still had access to that stuff at $1.25 a board foot. :-/ bill -
Bears a trip to the craft store, thanks for checking. bill
