Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Fishing Lure Making Tools

If you are going to make your own fishing lures there are two main groups of items you will need.

First, there are the lure making parts and there are literally thousands of different pieces available to lure makers. Secondly there are many various lure making  tools available for the lure maker.

There are many sources of fishing lure making parts but it is rare to find a supplier who has in stock all of the lure making parts and the lure making tools you may need.

Whether it is a wire forming tool for making spinner baits or a lead melting melting pot and Do-it Molds for pouring your  own jig heads; LurePartsOnline.com has it all for you.




There are fly tying kits for trout fishermen or for anyone interested in tying flies. There are available dozens of fly tying materials needed to make those fish catching flies.

For fishermen interested in lure kits; there are many kinds available.  
Once your lures are done there is even various kinds of lure packaging available.    
 
Good fishing,
Kermett                                                     
 

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Do You Have the Right Grit?


What is the best sandpaper for lure making if I could only pick one?
There are many kinds of sandpaper and brands made for all kinds of uses. In most of the traditional sand paper the material used for abrading the wood is usually garnet.

Grit size refers to the size of the particles of abrading materials embedded in the sand paper. Traditional grit sizes range from what are classified as  Macrogrits and Microgrits

Macrogrits range in grit size from extra coarse 24 grit up to a very fine 220 grit. Microgrits range in grit size from a very fine 240 grit to ultra fine 1000 grit.
After trying many of the different grit sizes for sanding wooden lures I came to the conclusion the the 3M Wet/Dry 120 grit was the best one for my use. The one I used for years comes in 9x11 flat sheets. I cut it into 1 inch wide strips to use in sanding. Most of the sanding I do is with the strips and sanding the lure body as it is turning in a lathe.

As good as the traditional sandpaper is; it has two downsides that shortens the usefulness of the sandpaper. The first is that the garnet particles on the paper loads up with the wood you are abrading and makes it ineffective. Secondly, the garnet particles will get worn away from the paper making it ineffective.

After many years of using the traditional sandpaper, I will not be using it anymore.
I recently learned of another sanding material called Abranet sanding material. It is available in strips, sheets, discs, and rolls. Most of the strips and sheets are available in either 8 inch or 5 inch lengths. The rolls come in up to 30 foot rolls and is ¾ inch wide. The discs are available in 5 inch diameter. It is more like a sanding fabric than sandpaper. The fabric is porous and the abraded wood sifts right through the fabric and there is no buildup of abraded material. To clean it if needed you can simply shake it or blow on it. What I have used so far are the 2.75 wide x 8 inch long strips. I cut the strips into 3 pieces with scissors and use it exactly as I have used traditional sandpaper. Wide ranges of grit sizes are available in Abranet including, 120,180,240,320,400, and 600.
 
                                     
Abranet sanding strips can be found at a number of places but I got my first product at RubberChuckyProducts where they sell kits of the 2.75 inch x 8 strips. The kit has 6 pieces and has the grit sizes listed just above.

Good fishing,

Kermett

Friday, October 7, 2011

True Image-Life Like Spinner Blades


TrueImage™ - Most life-like blades ever!!


                                           
The TrueImage™ era is here! – Looking for a competitive edge? Look no further. Boasting the most life-like fish patterns available to date, these top of the line blades are intended for the most demanding
anglers. Actual photographs of fish have been transferred to the lures, ensuring they are an identical replica of the real thing. The high tech process has been perfected to allow for a tough, chip resistant finish that will last for the lifetime of the lure.


         
The TrueImage™ line is available in both the natural baitfish style, where the image applied over a painted blade, as well as the “Flash-back” series, designed for clear water applications, where the image is applied over nickel or gold blades. Now available in Willowleaf blades and the muskie sized


Mega blades. BRING YOUR BAITS TO LIFE!
 
Another exclusive LurePartsOnline.com product you will not find elsewhere… Coming soon – TrueImage™ spoons and Colorado blades! Stay tuned.


Sunday, May 15, 2011

Wooden Lure Kits


Ready to Paint Wooden Lure Kits

Wooden lure kits are a great way to create your own fishing lures by painting them your self in your favorite colors.



Now you can have the fun of making your own 5 hook topwater lures! This lure body is the same dimensions of the old Heddon 150 Minnow. Hand lathed Eastern Red Cedar lure body is 3.75 inches long.   #5 props are 1.5 inches long, five #4 treble hooks, and all other hardware included. Two hooks are attached on each side of the lure body and one on the rear of the lure. Eye holes for 5/16 inch 3 D molded plastic eyes, eye screw holes, and  holes for screw eye grommets are pre drilled. Have the enjoyment of making your own wooden top water lure and you only need to do the painting with your favorite fish catching color/pattern.



All of the hard work of making a popper lure has been done with the ready to paint kits.
 
Hand lathed Eastern Red Cedar lure body is 2.5 inches long.   #7 prop is 1 inch long. Two #4 treble hooks, and all other hardware included. One hook is attached on bottom of the lure body and one on the rear of the lure. Eye holes for 5/16 inch 3D molded eyes, eye screw holes, and hook hanger holes pre drilled.  This lure has the double fishing catching sound of the popper plus the prop on the rear. Have the enjoyment of making your own wooden top water lure and you only need to do the painting with your favorite fish catching color/pattern.
 
If you need additional lures parts here is the best source I know of:                         LurePartsOnline
 
 
 








Saturday, May 7, 2011

Build Your Own Inline Spinner Bait Kits


DIY Inline Spinner Bait Kits

Everything you need to build your own top quality willow and french spinners. Components included are wire forms, beads, lure bodies, spinner blades, stickers, clevises, split rings, trebles and hook tubing. Components come in handy plastic box. Will make 10 spinners

ON SALE now at Lure Parts Online for $12.99. Under the  Catagories list click on "Lure Buidling Kits" for this and many more lure making kits.  Have fun making your own spinners baits while saving a lot of money.




Monday, May 2, 2011

Paint Your Own Popper Bass Lures





Paint your own custom colors with these popular unpainted popper bodies. These lure bodies come with loud, fish attracting rattles included. These are high quality plastic lure bodies comparable in size and shape to many of the expensive painted popper lures on the market that sell for $10 to $15 each.

These unpainted plastic lure bodies are 2.5 inches long and weigh about 1/4 oz. when completely rigged. They have recessed eye holes that will accept 1/4 inch diameter eyes.  #2 split rings with #4 or #6  treble hooks are the ideal size for this size lure.

Lure Parts Online is the best source for these unpainted plastic popper bodies.You can also find all the lure making components you may need there including lure paints, hooks, split rings, and beautiful 3D lure eyes. In addition, they have thousands of other items to assist you with the fun hobby of making your own fishing lures of all kinds.


The above pictures are some examples of  colors you can paint or you can choose to go with any of your favorite or old standby colors/patterns.



To find the unpainted popper bodies once you are on the LurePartsOnline site just find "Crankbaits/Minnow Bodies" under the Categories list of items. There you will find many kinds of lure bodies including the unpainted ones.

Have the fun of painting your own bass poppers and save a lot of money at the same time.
Good  Fishing!





Friday, April 29, 2011

Making Your Own Bass Rigs & Lures

For the price of a couple of new lures this book will give you step-by-step instruction on putting together over 30 rigs and lures. Plus you get instructions on presentation, retrieval and all the basics of bass fishing. You’ll save the cost of this book in one fishing trip.Bass Rigs & Lures is a 60 page book in pdf format that you can download right now, Here’s what you get:


The basic rigs
All the rigs you’ve ever heard about, all in one place. The Texas Rig, the Carolina Rig, the Drop Shot Rig and others.


Plus over 30 new rigs and variations on old ones.
Ever hear of the Backward Texas Jerk, the Texas Whiskers Rig or the Skirted Worm Rig? Probably not, because they’re presented here for the first time anywhere. And the bass haven’t heard of them either, and that’s key! 


The basic knots
Step by step instructions and full color illustrations on tying the few simple knots you’ll need to put the rigs and lures together. The Palomar Knot, Barrel Knot, and Blood Knot, plus the Clinch Knot and its variations.

The basic hooks, lines and sinkers
What they look like, how to get them and how to use them in your rigs and lures for smooth, tangle-free fishing and fast, sure hook-sets.

Casting and presentation tips. 
The Texas Rig and the Carolina Rig, as you probably know, are cast differently, presented to the fish differently and retrieved differently. You’ll find tips and pointers on fishing these and every other rig and lure in the book.

Over 90 links to the parts you may need.
If you don’t have a particular hook or sinker in your tackle 
box, just click on the links and you’ll go directly to what you need.

Why do new lures flash onto the fishing scene, work like magic for a while and then fade into oblivion?
Thanks in part to the success of catch-and-release, bass get the opportunity to see the same lures again and again, especially on heavily fished lakes. Over time, they learn to avoid the lures they see most often – the most popular 
lures.

A researcher who agrees with this theory is Dr. Keith Jones, Director of Research at the Berkley Fish Research Center in Spirit Lake, Iowa. In his book, “Knowing Bass, The Scientific Approach to Catching More Fish,” Dr. Jones states, “The results show that under some circumstances, bass can remember lures for at least up to three months and perhaps much, much longer. Who knows? If the experience is bad enough, they might never forget.”
His research suggests that one way to overcome this shyness on the part of the bass is to show them lures they haven’t seen before. One way to do that is to buy all the hot new lures as soon as the come out and race your fishing buddies to the lake. But with lures costing several bucks a pop, there’s an obvious downside to that.
Another way is to devise your own rigs and lures from stuff that you already have. And that’s what Bass Rigs and Lures you can make from stuff in your tackle box” is all about – showing the bass something different.

How is this book different from 99% of other fishing books?
Most other books describe in tedious detail how technique can improve your chances of catching fish. Or give instructions on tying a hundred knots when all you need is three or four. Or have an entire chapter devoted to one type of lure.

Bass Rigs & Lures gives you just what you need to know on all of the above – no more, no less. AND over 30 rigs and lures that are proven to catch fish. PLUS over 90 links to the parts and pieces you may need to put them together. Bass Rigs and Lures contains over 60 pages of full color illustrations, instructions and tips.


"Bass Rigs & Lures" is only $12 and here is where you can get more details on how to purchase.