Thread: Lure making

Have been working on my first lures recently. I’m cutting out the rough blanks on scroll saw and then whittling and hand sanding to shape.

Bending the through wires has been an interesting challenge and have improved as I’ve gone. I’ve made a wee jig for doing the bending and am using circlip pliers to bend the eyelets. Using 1mm 316 stainless wire for the small lures and 1.5mm for the bigger lures.

This week I sealed them using several coats of Norski epoxy timber sealer, and once waterproofed did some water testing to check the balance and experiment with different weights and weight positions. Next step is to install the weights, fill and reseal and then they’ll be ready for painting.

@Gibo what do you recommend for the top clear coat? Just after something durable that won’t yellow (at least not quickly). Do you ever have issues with the hooks wearing on your top coats?

The small popper is 90mm and small stickbait is 110mm. They’ll both weight around 20grams. The three bigger stickbaits and bigger popper are 155mm and will weigh between 40-60grams. I’m also working on some bigger 210mm models as well.

Lots still to learn but it’s been good fun and will be even better to get em on the water.

Originally Posted by Pixie Z

Have been working on my first lures recently. I’m cutting out the rough blanks on scroll saw and then whittling and hand sanding to shape.

Bending the through wires has been an interesting challenge and have improved as I’ve gone. I’ve made a wee jig for doing the bending and am using circlip pliers to bend the eyelets. Using 1mm 316 stainless wire for the small lures and 1.5mm for the bigger lures.

This week I sealed them using several coats of Norski epoxy timber sealer, and once waterproofed did some water testing to check the balance and experiment with different weights and weight positions. Next step is to install the weights, fill and reseal and then they’ll be ready for painting.

@Gibo what do you recommend for the top clear coat? Just after something durable that won’t yellow (at least not quickly). Do you ever have issues with the hooks wearing on your top coats?

The small popper is 90mm and small stickbait is 110mm. They’ll both weight around 20grams. The three bigger stickbaits and bigger popper are 155mm and will weigh between 40-60grams. I’m also working on some bigger 210mm models as well.

Lots still to learn but it’s been good fun and will be even better to get em on the water.

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Those are looking bloody epic mate. I use envirotex for my top coats mate. I set them up on a rotisserie using a disco ball motor (slow rpm of 3.5) and brush on the envirotex. The rotisserie allows the epoxy time to cure while forming no drips due to always slowly rotating. https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/envir...tLvFEdis2arEo1