Lure Making-who makes their own?

[RedSkullz]

I am wondering who makes their own lures?
Other than fly tying i make my own mepps type spinners and 1 1/2oz-2 1/2 oz bucktail spinnerbaits for pike and muskie. I tried to make some rapala type crankbaits, but have been unsuccessful so far...i cant get the action right yet but havent given up.

Here is some bucktail spinners i painted and tyed bucktail.

1 1/2oz Blue Shiner

2oz Rising Sun

2oz Crawdaddy

1 1/2oz Silver Shiner

2oz Green Flame

2 1/2oz Zebra Shiner (havent got around to doing the bucktail yet...takes so long to properly tie bucktail onto a big spinnerbait)

 

[RedSkullz]

Seriously nobody? Nobody here has made their own lures before?

 

[float^drifter]

nop lol, only tie a few fly/jigs and thats about it for me. Your spinners look cool tho :smile:

 

[Joel52]

I tie flies for trout and spinner rigs for walleye fishing. Have a kit that I take with me - beads, blades, swivels and hooks. Not much into painting them though. It's all about colour and size, so i carry a good variety.

 

[RedSkullz]

Anyone ever thought about making some specialized custom crankbaits/topwater? SO far i have 2 finished i made a few years ago...one is a j-8 rapala painted to look like a shad of sorts. The other is a red/white Hula Popper made out of bass wood(casts unbelievably far). Neither have caught many fish yet...lol (but i havent used them too much)
I have a few others almost done, one is a 3 piece jointed that looks like a small snake. Can throw up some pics if anyone is interested in seeing them.

 

[westeyes]

Nice lures!

I've been thinking about making my own. What kind of paint do you use, and what do you use to seal the paint job?

 

[westeyes]

Also, yeah, I'd like to see the bass wood lures.

 

[PainInTheBass]

I used to make some inline spinners and safety pin style spinners, and have caught a good number of fish on them. However, I have moved onto making custom fishing rods lol.

 

[RedSkullz]

I use powder paint for the heads and blades and bake for durability, then i use vinyl paints for the details. All sealed in using envirotec lite. I'll get some pics up of the cranks.

 

[RedSkullz]

Well i havent gotten around to pulling the wood baits out for pics but i have taken some pics of my newest painted lures. I had 4 cranks(2 rapala HJ-14, One Ripplin Redfin, One Bomber Long A) that wouldnt run true due to chipped paint. So i stripped the paint off and hit em up with some flourescent orange and black tiger stripes, painted some eyes on and game them 2 coats of envirotex.

Here is the contraption i put together so i could coat 4 lures at once and not have to buy anything...made from a broken salvaged shoe rack and some dowels. Works great!

 

[RedSkullz]

Here is some more i finished up today...tried some varied painting on thes ones...cant wait to try 'em out!!



Another ripplin redfin

Bomber Long A

Rebel "blank" (anyone remember the name of this rebel crank?)

 

[Homer is King]

Those are some awesome baits!! Well done!

I tried making a bunch of in-line spinners. I bought a kit from luremaking.com. You can make a whack of spinners for very little money. They are not the best quality but they are great for kids learning to fish (you don't mind when they loose 'em).

I tied a bunch of buck tail jigs and inline muskey spinners. I really enjoyed it but just don't have the time!

 

[RedSkullz]

Thannks for the comment homer!!
Nice looking jigs and spinners! I might get some of those spinners from realprossportfishing or janns netcraft for next years steelhead run.

 

[Kit]

Wow I wish I had that talent. Love the spinners/jigs and the lures.