04-15-2011, 05:50 PM
[quote Telbone]Vegaskid it is a thrill to catch a fish on a fly you have tied yourself. I didn't know if you were interested but I recently, last few days actually... decided to see how hard it is to make a spinnerbait... I am a total rookie and all I use are pliers to bend the wire, but I'm hoping they might catch a fish 
... here's the pic of the various lures I have been making. A couple are spinnerbaits, some inline spinners.. the one is just a spinner above a swimbait for trolling... bit of flash. I am gonna target the large/smallmouth bass with these, but also see if the striper fancy them. I find it almost as fun to create my fishing lures as I do fishing them...
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it great to make your own lures and baits, i made some spoons and jigs out of actual spoons and butter knives i picked up at the thrift store for 10 to 25 cents each, then cut and bent them into strange shapes that make them flutter and shine, i used them last year i did pretty well on smaller stripers. then i lost em all snagging up on 4lb test lol. but less than a buck to make not a big loss.[fishin]
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... here's the pic of the various lures I have been making. A couple are spinnerbaits, some inline spinners.. the one is just a spinner above a swimbait for trolling... bit of flash. I am gonna target the large/smallmouth bass with these, but also see if the striper fancy them. I find it almost as fun to create my fishing lures as I do fishing them... [/quote]
it great to make your own lures and baits, i made some spoons and jigs out of actual spoons and butter knives i picked up at the thrift store for 10 to 25 cents each, then cut and bent them into strange shapes that make them flutter and shine, i used them last year i did pretty well on smaller stripers. then i lost em all snagging up on 4lb test lol. but less than a buck to make not a big loss.[fishin]
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