Making Hard Body Lures

[mitchmcm]

wow bullwinkle you have really started thinking haha

[BullwinkleII]

you could also make floating eyes to adjust the other way ... not sure what you would make them out of ... wooden beads or something.

just a thought at this stage

-craig

[mitchmcm]

you have some ideas i might have to try some

[BullwinkleII]

I made this today

its a lure swimmer ... it lets me look at a lure while it swims

mmmm lures

I learned a lot this arvo watching lures swim

I learned mine didn't swim very well

I learned why mine didn't swim very well

I learned how to make mine swim better

I learned that just coz I now know how to make them swim better, it doesn't mean I can make them swim better

I learned that, even though I can watch a video of one of my lures swimming, my wife cant enjoy it quite so much

go figure

I learned "learnt" isn't, or doesn't seem to be, a word

I learned I should have payed more attention to all those early posts from this thread I read all those weeks ago about mounting the tow point way down the bib, but thought I didn't need to pay attention to

thanks anyway for trying to educate me

the second pic is a long exposure to show movement. I cant tell how long because I cant figure out this crazy camera. It looks about either 3 or 5 wiggles long.

that lure isn't mine btw, tis a store bought Halco ... man that sucker swims well

I also learned that soft plastics really need to be cranked fast to get any kind of action... surprised... thought they would "action" up early

- those of you from Australia will be pleased to know that the entire thing is held together with wire

-craig

in cod we trust

[Got Buckley's]

geez billwinkle, you have too much time on your hands

cheers

[chicka]

Classic Bullwinkle!
Great stuff!

[mitchmcm]

is that all just hooked up to a pump then cirrculated through and through and through etc???

[BullwinkleII]

yes its a pump that circulates water forever

obsession, what obsession?

actually it taught me a lot about all kinds of things and will allow me to test some new ideas i have in real time. I have a feeling some of my ideas will take 20 prototypes before i know if they are duds or worth pursuing further

ill be able to make them weak, just pressing bibs into place etc, and test them then reshape them on the fly. this allows very rapid prototyping because there are no casting pressures or impacting with water to pull eyelets out or anything

too much time on my hands!!! I only have half a lifetime left to get all this stuff out of my head!

-craig

cod be with you

[BullwinkleII]

I have a tip ... my first!

when you are trying to hand cut a bib slot on a finished lure, to check how straight it is, slot in a large sheet of your bib plastic.

the size will amplify any errors

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and an observation from the shallows of my workbench

I pulled the trebles off my little halco and it still swims really well. In fact I think there might have been an increase in the size of the wobble. they seem to play no part in imparting the action (I thought they did) and there was only a slight increase in body roll due, I presume, to the lack of keeling ballast.

all of my lures swim upside down or sideways if they don't have the trebles on them.



-craig

[chicka]

Hi Bullwinkle
Like the way you write with an interesting flare!
If you want to edit or delete /go edit and move down to tick the box delete(in regards to doubling up)
I rememember when I first started out I posted six identical pics of a flathead!!!!!lol
Have taken it out!
Cheers mate