diemai Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hi, Folks , Haven't posted in a while , but here is a little rather uncommon story about a lost homemade lure : Picture by the end of the clip downloaded from my own TU gallery site . Hopefully you'd be able to understand my kinda clumsy spoken English , ........greetings from northern Germany , diemai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 I've found a lot of lures over the years, but never one I'd lost. The odds that it would return to you after such a long time must be astronomical. Thanks for sharing Dieter. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Ha! great story. A true testament to your building methods. Any flaw in your work and you would never see the lure again. It now needs a frame and a place on your wall Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) @ RayburnGuy Sorry for belated reply , Ben , been quite busy through the Xmas Holidays ! It's the second lost lure of mine , that I would get back, but actually the first one came back just one week after I had lost it to a snag close at the bank , ......passed by that particular spot with my bittle boat this time and saw it being washed inbetween the rocky embankment to get stuck inbetween the rocks there . That "Rapala Down Deep Fat Rap" must have popped back to the surface somehow ,maybe even due to the backward acceleration, when having snapped the line ? But so far I've also only found "foreign" lures, .......and what bothers me about these nowadays ,ist the fact , that people are obviously unwilling not to spend money on lures anymore , .....I hate taking efforts to pick all of those non-brand cheapos from the trees ! @Vodkaman Dave , in fact many years ago I had extra bought fins , a mask and snorkel to dive down to a lure-eating spot in a local gravel pit , ......what I had discovered there at about 9 feet depth , was a 15 foot old punt of oak wood , the bottom cast out with concrete to keep it down , ...I assume , that the gravel pit workers had dumped it there , before the pit became entirely flooded many decades ago ? In a nutshell , .....amongst dozens of metal lures I had also recovered a "Nils Master Invincible" from the punt , a famous Finnish timber lure , .....it was supposed to be a floater , but after all of the time being nailed to it's wet grave , it's been soaked up with water and sunk like a brick . After a few months of drying down the basement and some new topcoats , it was ready for action again . Having this experience in mind lead into my excitement about seeing my own lure still in such a good condition ! Have yourself a happy and "fishy" New Year , friends , ........Greetings , Dieter Edited December 31, 2014 by diemai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Diemai if you've had two of your lost lures return to you then you must be living right. I need to get you to pick out some lottery numbers for me. Hope you have a great new year with many more fish tales you can share with us. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 @ RayburnGuy The missus keeps on telling me the same thing about the lottery numbers , .......but as it seems ,...... my luck is for lures only , ....no early retirement yet ! No more lurefishing for pike and zander until May 1st ,...local closing time commences in a few hours from now , ........enough time to maintain tackle and lures for the oncoming season 2015 . Thanks for wishing well , ......greetings , Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) ........just one week ago it happened again , ....this time I even pulled out my own lost lure by myself , ....exactly after one year of absence from my tacklebox : www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlRku97y8Ng Greetings , Dieter PS : Sorry , straight linking by copy and paste on TU does not work for me with my IE browser, .......therefore I just typed in the link , but does not work either, ...maybe someone could put the link into a reply post in here , ...please go to YouTube search function and type in words : "Another Lost Lure Coming Home" Search result should then be on top of list , .....my YouTube user name is "61diemai" , .....sorry for inconvinience , .....thanks a lot , Dieter Edited October 23, 2015 by diemai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 That just proves your building them right Dieter. About as bulletproof as you can get. Thanks for posting. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshng2 Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Incredible to find two lure after such a long time & in excellent condition. Dieter attached is link. Best regards, Harry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Dieter - you do take your water testing to the limits Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 @ fshng2 Thanks a bunch for having helped my with putting up that straight link , .....I knew , that there would be fellow members chiming in to help me out ! @ all Thanks a lot for your kind words , it is really a great opportunity to review my own lure work . After having thought over it , I'm not so sure anymore , ......because in the video I'm saying , that the lure must have soaked up water to lay in the water so deep at rest , .........I think now , that difficulties did occur at the build of the lure , ........I seem to remember, that I was unable to place enough ballast into the lure's rear to counterbalance the weight of the bigger 3.0mm lexan lip , ........so I placed as much ballast as possible to let the lure hang that deep . Also a reason , that I had lost that lure there , maybe , , ....as this lack of built-in buoancy did not allow it to pop off those underwater obstacles quick enough ? Anyway , I'd leave it in my lure rack to dry until Xmas and then rig the hooks and drop it in my trusty bath tub to figure out , whether it would then float up higher or not , .........I'd report back in here then ! Best greetings ,Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
