Senkosam Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Lure design is an art in itself. The designer for a company has to figure out: 1. what'll get the angler to buy a new creation? (Packaging, ads, cat. listings, price etc.) 2. what will it take to appy the proper hype to the lure? 3. what colors will set the lure apart? 4. will the lure catch fish in a televised tournament (ie. Yelas and Frenzy cranks)(It's hard to edit a real event versus Bill Dance's success on a private pond.) The nice thing about making my own is that I'm my own field tester and have many waters near me to test the versatility of anything I make. I have a tidal river, small smallie river, ponds, small and large lakes and a highland reservoir. In fact, since I live only 10 min. away from a prime crappie, pick and LM lake, I can test my smallie creations on crappie. (Whatever crappies hit in my lake, other species will definitely strike.) Here's a few more: (note: the new dragonfly has a double-take style tail from Reaction lures) (The Salty-Spidas will be wacky rigged for heavy cover) (The Craw Creature hopefully will draw some big reaction strikes due to body, claw and tail bulk. A thicker tail on a large grub, already caught large numbers of fish all last year.) If these hybrids produce in the spring, I'll create molds to pour copies. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebler_custom_baits Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 I like the 2nd from the right, jerk bait. It ishould be very nice if it was poured into a mold like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdy Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 that spider dealy is CREE-py. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richoc Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Sam, Did you move to the Ilse of doctor monre? Hopefully you will come up with killer bait. But time on a leather couch might be in your future....hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 You mean,'The Island of Dr Moreau'? I don't think he was into pouring or fishing. More like, Dr. Frankenstein without the Igor - you know, body parts connected to form a new being? I figure that many of the designs of the past and present incorporate similar features that have function and effect certain actions or visualization. The variety of individual elements is compounded by the combinations of two or more, resulting in a lure fish nor angler has seen. Simpler designs have proven killers (Senko and jerk sticks in general) and more complex designs have begun to challenge the skirted jig & pork trailer success (Ika, Hula Grub). Many trailers produced by members of this forum, are as good most of the year, as compared to pork. Building a better mousetrap is fun, but getting it to catch a mouse is a whole different story. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_hide Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Thanks to prosofts bait glue, testing prototypes and masters has now become a fair deal easier. Im based in South of Australia so a large number of the plastics we use have been designed for your more aggressive and larger species etc than we will ever see. I trying to "localise" some of the baits I use to reflect the locals. I'm finding that if I want to test a color/design Its fair deal easier to glue it together for test purposes from bits and pieces of my other designs and plastics available before going to all the time and effort of creating a master, molds, pouring etc. If the prototype works reasonably well then Ill manufacture a master with roughly the same design with a bit of a pretty up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted March 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Got to get some of that glue! A candle and soldering iron are okay, but not as easy as a drop of glue in the right spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Probably in the wrong line of business to market a soft bait glue........ ......... but, that stuff DOES work great. I use them for eyes on swimbaits and will tear the bait in half long before I can pull the eyes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charkins Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Pro-soft glue is the greatest! You can repair the only pink sinker you have while on the lake and that is the only thing they are hitting. You can build all kinds of Frankenstein baits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
