Greetings Lure freaks

[birdy]

Gday a couple of mates and i are starting to make a few lures of our own, so i was digging for some info when i found this site and have to admit you fellas seem to know your lures and luremaking.

I'm from Australia and a fitter and turner by trade and i'm mad about fishing so i spend a bit of the bosses time tinkering with new ideas and different shaped heads and moulds that i make from ally.

The fish I mainly chase offshore downunder are mainly black marlin and sailfish on lures in summer and reefies such as snapper and pearlies in winter that don't mind a bit of plastic thrown their way from 60mtrs either.

It's a bit hard at first to understand what you refer to as crank baits, stick baits and worms and all that but here we've got poppers, pushers, teasers and hardbodies.

You guys seem to have all the resources at hand that you need as far as luremaking goes, so give me all the help you can to find those bits and pices that add those finishing touches.

[Vodkaman]

Birdy.

As long as you don't talk about cricket, you are most welcome.

As for all the terminology, I'm still struggling with that, so I'll leave that to everyone else.

I'm sure there will be a lot of interest in your mould making activities. I hope you stick around a while and teach us a thing or three.

Cheers mate

Dave (pommy barstuard)

[David Reid]

Vm, Whats wrong with cricket its not our fault you know that these Aussies cheat to win, they cant be that good can they? (or maybe they can when it comes to cricket). Mind you we like kicking their butts and we do a reasonable job of it from time to time with other sports.

Welcome Birdy. Where are you from mate? NSW or Queensland? There are some very good luremakers on this site and I am sure can help you.

If you are looking for ideas a good book apparently is Fishing Hawaii Style, Volume 3 by Jim Rizzuto.

see:http://www.hawaiifishingnews.com/books.cfm

or below:

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[birdy]

Thanks dave and dave

I'm from queensland and live in brisbane.

I just poped some of the lure heads out of the moulds to find them a bit hazey. The masters were made from ally on the lathe and it seems that they aren't polished up enough and the surface has duplicated itself in the moulds Ah you get that when you're learning i guess.

I'll get some pic's together and throw up so you all can see what we're up to.

[David Reid]

Nothing wrong with Brissy shes a good city. Lived there and worked around Queensland when I was 20. Used to live in Clayfield which was nice and handy in those days. Probably wouldnt know the place these days. I am from over the ditch.

Re your molds what grade of Alu are you using? That could be a bit of your problem if you havnt got the right grade. Most alu is hard to machine and get a top finish as I am sure you realise. I have a toolmaker I use here from time to time for making the odd thing who is pretty good and he always makes sure if I supply the material I get the right grade and from the right source. I always use to think if it was the right grade it would be pretty much the same regardless of the source and supplier but apparently not. Seems to know what he is talking about as he has a reasonable toolroom and equipment is always busy has some pretty important customers and does relatively sophisticated work. Also are you using good cutting tips if using a CNC? Or are you just using a manual lathe?

Most interested in seeing the sort of thing you are doing.