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How-To-Make an Lightened spoon for Trout fishing. So this is going to be a guide of how to make and an trial run at the same time for new version of traditional "Lightened" Trout spoon, that we use a lot on Finland for Trout fishing. These spoons mimic a fish called The great sand eel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus). Here you can see the traditional version of the spoons made by me. Originals have a curve on the nose and is connected to line by its tail. Curved nose makes the lure spin like worm kind of fashion. "Lightened" in quotations as it really doesn't get lightened during manufacture, but there is material glued to heavy stainless or acid-proof steel spoon to add buoyancy. This material is usually cork or rigid foam. I use cork sheets. These spoons usually are from 10 to 15 cm of length, which aquals about 4 to 6 inches and weights from 22 to 35 grams (0.7 to 1.2 oz). This is the updated design. There's an added tail that has the curve, so it's connected to the line by its nose. After grinding the steel to its shape, it time to glue the cork in place. I use polyurethane glue for this, but epoxy is a good choise also. When gluing the cork in place, I'll take an old Japanese way of adding the pressure by using thread. Now it's time to wait for the glue to set and I'll continue my work tomorrow. Cheers, Jarmo from O'baits

I recently picked up a number of older molds. One is a palmer no 203 which is a larger spoon mold, 3 1/2, 5 and 7 ounce sizes. I have not tried it yet due to a couple concerns. There is a sizable gap between the mold halves, nearly an 1/8 inch. Theres no way it will pour without major lead leakage. The mold appears to have been used with red clay. I cleaned a lot from the inside and outside. Is this mold designed for making "dirt" weights? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi from Poland! My name is Peter. About 6-7 ears ago ive back to making my own plugs. It Was mostly resin lures like: crankbaits, jerkbaits, spoons, and many lipless lures. For now im in teh middle of translating tutorial about resin basics and will show it to you when im done. Here's a few of my recent lures. Jerkbais: Spoons: https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12642685_813977805391950_1781982541240745545_n.jpg?oh=4cfcf35f1746c62582c7fdbd708ea5e5&oe=589E51DE https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12219435_779479615508436_1486680411267016383_n.jpg?oh=17539034b0f68b287a2bf97ae206213e&oe=589BCEFC Hybrid crankbait (Enigma1) https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13903415_933325866790476_1031054841812394857_n.jpg?oh=e3ad8c68971556db52801079c4f833bb&oe=58A77E0C https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13935024_933325870123809_1506370202532939327_n.jpg?oh=6ae0d4a64fc9c47ae1007361179d05a7&oe=58A523C0 https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13921140_933325873457142_8999563828153677786_n.jpg?oh=2e059e1f701813463e2dfba1d8697fef&oe=589EEBFB https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13876370_933325896790473_5450543281981764264_n.jpg?oh=57f7b4d61398596357514b2ef8c5c1b3&oe=586567E8 https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13892287_933325900123806_8899410209554515036_n.jpg?oh=fdca1d90b45877f6a39714d4969864b7&oe=5898DE74 Some custom crank https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12642846_813978218725242_6625636630263184373_n.jpg?oh=c5b746eca532e7f42623a57a55a79569&oe=58A70101 https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12573943_813978292058568_3962757056536123070_n.jpg?oh=1fb2af0383aa0c88a009940eab319113&oe=58911FDD https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12592722_813978142058583_7625338211956573468_n.jpg?oh=d1b75fbac8aedc6910b313596454be90&oe=58640BCA https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12592335_813978182058579_4629200315476108435_n.jpg?oh=0edd71291bdd1ec80be8e468f492980b&oe=58A8A38B http://jerkbait.pl/uploads/monthly_12_2015/post-50550-0-25463400-1450817866.jpg http://jerkbait.pl/uploads/monthly_12_2015/post-50550-0-95288800-1450817890.jpg And a lipless minnows http://jerkbait.pl/uploads/monthly_10_2015/post-50550-0-67077600-1444508430.jpg http://jerkbait.pl/uploads/monthly_10_2015/post-50550-0-91422100-1444508419.jpg http://jerkbait.pl/uploads/monthly_10_2015/post-50550-0-70250600-1444508405.jpg http://jerkbait.pl/uploads/monthly_10_2015/post-50550-0-34450600-1444508391.jpg

Have you ever seen this before? I took two spoons and put them together added a treble hook with a red and white bucktail and added a swivel on the front. The theory is the two spoons will clatter against one another as they go through the water. Comments Welcome.

Hows it going everybody? Newbie here, and just painted up my first couple spoons. Now i'm just looking for a clear coat for them. Dick Nite clear coat is the front runner now. Any suggestions? Tips? For Spoons. Thanks. spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm spoon 2.htm spoons.htm